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The Blueprint Project

Saxophonist Jared Sims, guitarist Eric Hofbauer and pianist Tyson Rogers, now in their early 30's, first met at Boston's New England Conservatory in 1997 and have since each worked with some of the most respected names in creative improvised music.

Together as The Blueprint Project, they augment their original compositions and highly developed interaction with older, more established rhythm section players (thus far the list includes Han Bennink, Cecil McBee and Matt Wilson) to create a consciously eclectic and intergenerational ensemble that is constantly reinventing itself.

Critics have noted the group's "witty, contemporary sounding improvisation" (James Hale, DownBeat) and "intelligent, incisively crafted compositions" (Andy Hamilton, Jazz Review ), and called its music "serious fun" (Julian Cowley, The Wire), "full of striking rhythms and harmonic ideas" (Ted Kane, JazzReview.com) and "nothing short of glorious...music that is a working definition of just how uplifting human creativity can be" (Nic Jones, AllAboutJazz.com).

Han Bennink to Join the Blueprint Project for CD Release Concerts in Boston and Providence

January 16, 2008

The Blueprint Project with Han Bennink will perform two Northeast U.S. concerts in late January in celebration of their recent recording, People I Like (Creative Nation Music 008). The group, which pairs the legendary Dutch drummer with the decade-old trio of Jared Sims (saxophones and clarinet), Eric Hofbauer (guitar) and Tyson Rogers (piano), will perform all ...

People I Like

By The Blueprint Project

Label: Creative Nation Music
Released: 2007

The Blueprint Project: People I Like

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 24, 2007

C’è da scommettere che Han Bennik non vedeva l’ora di suonare con una band di pazzi scatenati come The Blueprint Project. Sembra di vederlo quel diavolo di Han, con la sua bandana rossa calata sulla fronte, divertirsi come un matto dietro i suoi tamburi e inventarsi strampalate figurazioni ritmiche. Come lo stomp iniziale, frizzante e imprevedibile ...

The Blueprint Project

By The Blueprint Project

Label: Creative Nation Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: The High Priest's Sermon; Until We Have Names; Abdullah; Bench Carvin'; The Old Country; Molecular Mischief; Monkey; Dead Mouse Blues

The Blueprint Project: The Blueprint Project

by Michael P. Gladstone
August 15, 2004

On their third recording the trio of saxophonist Jared Sims, guitarist Eric Hofbauer, and pianist Tyson Rogers elected to add veteran bassist Cecil McBee and ubiquitous drummer-du-jour Matt Wilson. The group was formed in 1997 when the members of the trio were students at the New England Conservatory. One's impression from the liner notes is that ...

The Blueprint Project: The Blueprint Project

by Mark F. Turner
August 5, 2004

What modern jazz needs is... Fill in the blank with your own ideas to continue the ongoing discussion for those who speculate on the present and the future climate of the music. But in the meantime listening to the Blueprint Project's new self-titled recording keeps this discussion relevant, and more importantly, interesting for the ...

The Blueprint Project: The Blueprint Project

by Dan McClenaghan
August 4, 2004

I've always appreciated the care and attention given to album/CD cover art in the jazz genre. The cover for The Blueprint Project is especially appealing, with a rectangular blue/black/grey design reminiscent of some of the old Blue Note recordings. The music here, too, has a geometric feel to it; though it's not square; it's more like ...

The Blueprint Project: The Blueprint Project

by John Kelman
August 3, 2004

The saxophone-piano-guitar trio of Jared Sims, Tyson Rogers and Eric Hofbauer first came together in '97, when the three met while studying at the New England Conservatory. From early on they discovered a similar penchant for lyricism coupled with a more adventurous, left-of-centre style that garnered some encouragement from Paul Bley and a performance at the ...