Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
General information
Genre (s) Creative jazz
founding 1994
Founding members
Brian Haas
Reed Mathis (until 2008)
Matthew Edwards (until 2001)
Current occupation
guitar
 Chris Combs (from 2009)
bass
 Jeff Harshbarger (from 2010)
former members
Drums
 Jason Smart (2001-2009)
Drums
 Richard Haas (2001)
Trumpet
 Kyle Wright
trombone
 Matt Leland
percussion
 Matthew Edwards
bass
 Matt Hayes (2009-2010)

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey is an American Jazz Band , which in 1994 Tulsa in the state of Oklahoma was founded.

The band with the ironic title Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey ( JFJO , none of the band members is called Jacob Fred), includes influences from jazz, rock music and funk in their music; the role models range from Miles Davis (the electrical phase) and Jimi Hendrix to Sun Ra , John Coltrane , Cecil Taylor , Larry Young and John Scofield . JFJO was founded in February 1994 in Tulsa by Brian Haas (keyboards, piano) and Reed Mathis (e-bass), both of whom had received classical music training and formed the core of the group until Mathis left the group in 2009. In 1995 the debut album, Live at the Lincoln Continental , was released, followed by Live in Tokyo (1996).

Discographic notes

  • Welcome Home (Accurate, 1998)
  • Mama's House and Bloom (2000)
  • Self Is Gone (2001)
  • All Is One: Live in New York City (Knitting Factory Records, 2002)
  • Walking with Giants (2003)
  • Symbiosis Osmosis (2003)
  • Slow Breath, Silent Mind (2005)
  • The Sameness of Difference (2006)
  • Lil 'Tae Rides Again (2008)
  • One Day in Brooklyn (Kinnara, 2009)
  • Stay Gold (Kinnara, 2010)
  • Race Riot Suite (Kinnara, 2011)

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