Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey on West Coast in Sept!
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey return to the Left Coast in September for an run that stretches from San Diego to Seattle and back to Oklahoma. They're coming back to the Western United States after a successful tour in April that launched the release of their new album, 'Lil Tae Rides Again', on Hyena Records. The shows follow a string of high profile East Coast and Midwest appearances, including Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, Lincoln Center's "Keep A Light In The Window: An Homage To Joel Dorn" in New York City and Diversafest, the world class music festival & conference in Tulsa,OK.
The California dates of the run are sure to be multi media barrage's - prepare yourselves!! Our friends from PMP (they print our Tshirts!) are touring with us for the first week of tour in California. PMP will be doing some exclusive live painting and art making, as well as doing some titillating new shirt prints. BRING YOUR TSHIRT to be printed on, and come away from the night with a fly new hand-screened shirt! Their great friend Ezra Li Eismont will be joining them for the Chico and Arcata gigs, which is sure to be a special treat.
JFJO's critically acclaimed, 'Lil Tae Rides Again', with it's ambient soundscapes and bombastic beats, has drawn comparisons to artists from the likes of Aphex Twin & Boards Of Canada to Pink Floyd and The Flaming Lips. While deemed a departure for the Tulsa-based band, 'Lil Tae Rides Again' is actually true to JFJO's mercurial nature. They've consistently set out to explore new musical directions throughout their 15-year history. At various points in their career, JFJO have featured an eight-piece horn section, they've delved into funk, ska and swing, and reinvented themselves as an electric free jazz ensemble. Through the first half of the decade, JFJO performed primarily as an acoustic jazz trio. With the release of Lil Tae Rides Again, the trio of Haas, Mathis, & Raymer expanded to...
