BIO:
JFJO
is
pianist
Brian
Haas,
drummer
Josh
Raymer,
and
bassist/effects
wizard/guitarist
Reed
Mathis.
To
say
that
JFJO's
music
transcends
boundaries
and
expands
minds
is
an
understatement.
Since
1994,
JFJO
has
brought
their
impressionistic
and
improvisational
vision
from
the
Midwest's
Bible-Belt
to
many
of
the
world's
finest
music
festivals
and
clubs.
Music
listeners
are
blown
away
by
JFJO's
instrumental
creativity,
musical
risk,
and
near
telepathy
on
stage.
In
the
past
18
months,
JFJO
has
travelled
to
Europe
three
times
for
two
dozen
performances
and
have
played
at
major
jazz
festivals
all
over
the
world.
In
2007
JFJO
is
working
on
their
fourteenth
album,
their
fourth
with
Brooklyn-based
Hyena
Records,
to
create
their
most
unique
album
yet.
The Sameness of Difference was released in the Fall of 2005 and recorded in collaboration with acclaimed producer Joel Dorn. A 13 track collection of both covers and originals, it is a living, breathing testament to the 13 years that the ensemble has spent together. Throughout the album, the band explores their influences and offers interpretations of music by The Flaming Lips, Charles Mingus, Neil Young, Brian Wilson, Dave Brubeck, The Beatles, Bjork and Jimi Hendrix.
On JFJO's follow-up, Tomorrow We'll Know Today, a digital exclusive collection of live recordings from Europe and America, JFJO is found pushing their music even further. Improvisations such as "Nightlight" and "Gypsy Tea" create ambient sonic tapestries based on melody and sweeping tonal textures that sound like nothing you have ever heard.
No, there is no member of the ensemble named Jacob Fred. The group's name came about in 1994 when JFJO was a septet and the name reflects the sense of humor in their approach to making music. 'Jazz Odyssey' comes from the scene in the hilarious mockumentary, 'This is Spinal Tap,' in which the rock group loses a member and must improvise their normally rocking performance with free-jazz and fusion. 'Jacob Fred' was a high-school monikir of Brian Haas. Once, when high-schoolers did not have cell phones and homes had just a single land line, Jacob Fred was Brian's CB radio handle and his nickname when girls' parents answered the phone late at night. The group also goes by the names The Fred and JFJO.
The Sameness of Difference was released in the Fall of 2005 and recorded in collaboration with acclaimed producer Joel Dorn. A 13 track collection of both covers and originals, it is a living, breathing testament to the 13 years that the ensemble has spent together. Throughout the album, the band explores their influences and offers interpretations of music by The Flaming Lips, Charles Mingus, Neil Young, Brian Wilson, Dave Brubeck, The Beatles, Bjork and Jimi Hendrix.
On JFJO's follow-up, Tomorrow We'll Know Today, a digital exclusive collection of live recordings from Europe and America, JFJO is found pushing their music even further. Improvisations such as "Nightlight" and "Gypsy Tea" create ambient sonic tapestries based on melody and sweeping tonal textures that sound like nothing you have ever heard.
No, there is no member of the ensemble named Jacob Fred. The group's name came about in 1994 when JFJO was a septet and the name reflects the sense of humor in their approach to making music. 'Jazz Odyssey' comes from the scene in the hilarious mockumentary, 'This is Spinal Tap,' in which the rock group loses a member and must improvise their normally rocking performance with free-jazz and fusion. 'Jacob Fred' was a high-school monikir of Brian Haas. Once, when high-schoolers did not have cell phones and homes had just a single land line, Jacob Fred was Brian's CB radio handle and his nickname when girls' parents answered the phone late at night. The group also goes by the names The Fred and JFJO.
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