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  • The Sameness Of Difference

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    Artist: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

    Label: Hyena Records

    "JFJO burns with a quiet intensity rather than dramatically explode. The musicians play with a coiled looseness, improvising with quicksilver yet deliberate force. You can hear the band's power and inventiveness creatively eroding structure, and the tension produced from that is exhilarating." - Jazz Times

    "Reed Mathis delivers soaring, violin-like arco passages, Brian Haas's sparkling, fluid piano runs cluster up and turn heavy and dark just when they need to, and Jason Smart's drumming is clean and impeccable." - Chicago Reader

    "Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey are the real deal; a tight, adventurous trio that can change time on a dime, stretch jazz to its outer limits, and make you nod your head all at the same time." - Dallas Morning News

    The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey return with a brand new studio recording entitled, The Sameness of Difference. Produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Joel Dorn, the album finds the improvisational trio playing at the absolute pinnacle of their collective powers. Having spent the previous year touring the U.S. non stop, their improvisational group mind is razor sharp. Additionally, for the first time on record, JFJO expand their repertoire to include high profile compositions by the likes of Bjork, Charles Mingus, The Flaming Lips, Neil Young and Dave Brubeck among others. These renditions, alongside five JFJO original compositions, provide for the group’s most dynamic and even brilliant effort to date. With their star on the rise, ...

  • Walking With Giants

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    Artist: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

    Label: Hyena Records

    “…born out of a messianic devotion to the idea that jazz means improvisation.”

    – Down Beat

    Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, constantly in evolution and innovation, are a fearless and visionary improvisational unit. Featuring Brian Haas on piano, Reed Mathis on bass and Jason Smart on drums, they serve to create one distinct voice that speaks in a profound compositional language. Together since 1994 and performing over 200 live shows a year, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey have developed one of the youngest and most devout audiences in modern jazz. During a period when jazz trios represent a vital movement in the music's history, they've helped pave the way alongside artists such as The Bad Plus, E.S.T., Brad Mehldau and Jason Moran. JFJO's new album Walking With Giants is the culmination of a decade of experiences, resulting in a groundbreaking acoustic jazz album that assures them a vital role in the future of jazz.

  • Symbiosis Osmosis

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    Artist: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

    Label: Kufala Recordings

    a seamless string of free-improvisations, done in the moment without preconception, in a variety of settings. Captured live in concert in the early morning hours, the start of the album finds the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey closing out the High Sierra Music Festival, in a hall packed with thousands of mesmerized festival goers. By the end of the album we find them doing the same thing as the sun rises at the close of the New Orleans Jazz Festival (complete with an all-star horn section!), this time captured in an intimite room filled with music-hungrey up-all-nighters egging them on. Aside from a brief theme thrown in from the Jacob Fred composition 'Son of Jah', the entire album is played in the trio's own unique signature of free-improvisation as a unit, allowing faith in the passing moment to shape each piece. It makes for some amazing listening discoveries, as you hear wave after wave of discovery washing over these inspired players. special guests: saxophonists Skerik, Mark Southerland, Brad Houser, and Frank Catalano

  • Slow Breath, Silent Mind

    KUF0059

    Artist: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

    Label: Kufala Recordings

    Slow Breath, Silent Mind captures the recent journeys of Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey as they traversed the United States on their Fall 2003 tour. Produced and compiled by bass player Reed Mathis, this collection of jazz standards captures the unique brilliance of this trio. The opening track In A Sentimental Mood exemplifies the progressive creativity of JFJO on a standard classic by Duke Ellington. Reed’s Octave Induced Acoustic Bass carries your soul through the tune but does not over shadow the greatness of Brian Haas and Jason Smart. Each member contributes an original composition and one collective composition but the album is mainly comprised of tastefully selected cover songs.