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"A breadth and vision nearly untouched in modern jazz except by the likes of Wayne Shorter and Bill Frisell." - Signal to Noise
"It swings, it sways, but the jazz trio form in their hands has an almost primitive, inside-your-head, idiosyncratic quality to it that suggests the three are truly one." �" Downbeat Magazine
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey weave the kind of impressionistic, imaginative new jazz that shatters any kind of identity, much less categories and classifications." -Chicago Sun Times
"With Haas' multithreat of Fender Rhodes electric and traditional acoustic piano, melodica and keyboards and Mathis ready to play cello, six string guitar or bass with effects pedals, JFJO can sound like several different musical units." - DOWNBEAT Magazine
"In my humble opinion, one of the most fascinating trios currently walking around on God's green earth." - SlagwerkKrant (Netherlands)
"If JFJO isn't moving jazz forward, it is shifting its center of gravity interestingly askew." - JazzTimes
"Hipper than MMW, louder than The Bad Plus, wider-ranging than just about any other jazz piano trio, these guys have taken some giant steps to the forefront of modern jazz." - Practical.org
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Jambase Questionnaire: Reed Mathis
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Welcome back to JamBase's baker's dozen of probing, wide-ranging questions to the bright lights in the jam scene (and beyond). Last time we heard from Keller Williams and upcoming installments will include The Black Seeds, Scott Metzger, Plants and Animals and more!
Few would argue with you if you said Reed Mathis is one of the bassists of his generation. More than once I've had friends seeing him play for the first time make Hendrix comparisons, and there's more than ...
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Reed Mathis: Vernal Gratitude
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JamBase
By: Dennis Cook
Reed Mathis by Ariel Mathis Reed Mathis is somewhat surprised when I call him an instigator. Yet, there is a discernible musical prod at the core of his playing and personality. Mathis is a once-or-twice in a generation player, someone who will forever change the way his instrument is viewed henceforth. Those sort of pronouncements make him squirm in person, but put him on a stage ...
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Reed Mathis Leaves JFJO
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Reed Mathis Leaves Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
JFJO Following their highest profile year to date, which contained their fourth tour of Europe and performances at Lincoln Center, Newport Jazz Festival, a Guinness Jazz Award, and much more, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey is very pleased to announce the band's 2009 lineup. The odyssey continues with Brian Haas on keys, Josh Raymer on drums, and proudly introducing Chris Combs on lap steel and Matt Hayes on upright bass. A supplemented version of ...
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