Jazz Articles about The Blueprint Project

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 this is their most “inside" album and they chose the added musicians for their flexibility in performing with free jazz players (McBee had worked ...

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 listener. The group's third release is not some new groundbreaking jazz derivative, but it does indicate that younger artists can have a respect for ...

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 non-parallelogram shapes of clean-edged gemstone facets, sounds that bump and bend new non-ninety degree angles into basic mainstream geometries.The Blueprint Project ...

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 '99 North Sea Jazz Festival. With two recordings under their belt, they decided, for their third record, to solicit the assistance of bassist Cecil ...