The Ripple Effect

The Ripple Effect: Hybrids

by Chris M. Slawecki
November 27, 2005

Hybrids is a jazz album in name only--specifically the names of multi-instrumentalist John Surman and drummer Jack DeJohnette, who leads this collaborative ensemble.

One of the few musicians to have recorded or performed with Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis, DeJohnette's jazz credentials are obvious. But Hybrids tosses his cap into the modern electronica realm. With producers Ben Surman (John's son) and Big Al (the mastermind behind the Sonic Kitchen, one of UK's biggest and ...

Jazz Revelation Records Presents: Ripple Effect - A Concert Celebration, November 15 In Boston

Source: Berklee Media Relations
October 30, 2012

Berklee College of Music’s student-run label Jazz Revelation Records (JRR) presents a concert featuring artists from the label’s latest album, Ripple Effect, on Thursday, November 15, at the Berklee Performance Center. Ripple Effect, JRR’s ninth release, showcases some of the college’s top young jazz players from around the world. The featured bandleaders – Daniel Rotem, Aris Valeris, Eduardo Mercuri, and Bryce Milano – hail from Israel, Greece, Brazil and the U.S. respectively. JRR artists speak the traditional language of jazz ...
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Jack DeJohnette Does Electronica: 'Hybrids' by The Ripple Effect

Source: All About Jazz
September 9, 2005

Jack DeJohnette’s imprint Golden Beams Productions Goes Electronic with the introduction of A new group — The Ripple Effect — and the group’s debut album Hybrids

Master Drummer Jack DeJohnette Breaks Ground with Jazz-inspired Electronica

With 50 years of drumming behind him, innovative jazz pioneer Jack DeJohnette introduces Hybrids, the debut album by The Ripple Effect, his latest collaborative project to be released on his own Golden Beams Productions on October 4, 2005. Featuring seven interpretations of previously recorded material ...
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