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JFJO Plan Digital Releases

Source: JamBase
February 18, 2012

NEW DIGITAL SERIES STARTS FEBRUARY 19 Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey have unveiled the trailer for a new series of A & B side digital releases out once a week beginning February 19. These lo-fi unmastered tracks capture a raw, distilled, and reconstructed versions of The Race Riot Suite material. The A Side will be a solo piano version of a song from The Race Riot Suite as interpreted by Brian Haas. The B Side will have a remixed version of ...
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JFJO: East Coast Tour

Source: JamBase
October 15, 2011

TOUR DATES IN BOSTON, NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT, PHILADELPHIA, PORTSMOUTH, AND MORE Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey have unveiled plans to hit cities up and down the East Coast in support of their new album The Race Riot Suite. See below for a complete list of tour dates. As previously announced, the band has decided to enlist the help of local horn players in your city by way of a contest. Click here to learn how you could get the chance to ...
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JFJO: 'The Burning' Video

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August 23, 2011

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JFJO: "Race Riot Suite" World Premiere on 5.20

Source: JamBase
March 18, 2011

TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY; PERFORMANCE SET FOR FRIDAY, MAY 20, TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER On Friday, May 20, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey are set to debut “The Race Riot Suite" with a special performance in the John H. Williams Theatre at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There will be one show at 8 PM and another at 10 PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 18 at 10 AM local time. To get the discount, buyers ...
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JFJO: Tour Dates, New Music, Album Reissues

Source: JamBase
March 4, 2011

FINAL LEG OF STAY GOLD TOUR STARTS MARCH 30 Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey is set to hit the Midwest at the end of this month on the final leg of the Stay Gold release tour. All tour dates are below. In the second half of January, the band reconvened at The Church Studio in Tulsa, OK where they recorded a suite of music written by Chris Combs about the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. Check out video from the session below. ...
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JFJO NYE Footage

Source: JamBase
January 5, 2011

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JFJO Welcome Jeff Harshbarger as New Bassist

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April 13, 2010

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JFJO | 02.10 | Santa Cruz

Source: JamBase
February 27, 2010

By: Dennis Cook

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey :: 02.10.10 :: Moe's Alley :: Santa Cruz, CA

Wow, what a different band.

JFJO by Jeremy Charles Tilted gently but firmly by Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey's fully interlocked, supremely slinky sound waves at Moe's Alley, I couldn't escape the feeling of newness and excitability generated by the band. But, I also couldn't slip the feeling that I was watching an almost entirely different being from the one I encountered at my ...
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JFJO West Coast/Europe Dates

Source: JamBase
January 23, 2010

JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY TOUR WEST COAST AND EUROPE

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey has announced Winter 2010 tour plans. The band will head out for a 12-date West Coast run in February marking the hard touring quartet's first shows since selling out The Eclipse on New Year's Eve in their hometown of Tulsa. In March, JFJO makes a return trip to Europe for ten dates spanning eight countries, including their second appearance at the prestigious Turku ...
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JFJO | 06.19.09 | Berkeley

Source: JamBase
July 10, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey :: 06.19.09 :: Starry Plough :: Berkeley, CA

JFJO '09 by Jeremy Charles “We appreciate your ears."

It was late in their sizzling performance at hallowed leftie hang the Starry Plough when Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey's de facto leader Brian Haas offered these thanks. It's an expression I've personally heard him utter many times on many stages but this instance seemed especially ...
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