Jazz Articles about Jef Stott

Jef Stott: Arkana

by Chris M. Slawecki
December 21, 2012

Arkana is the tenth release by multi-instrumentalist and ethno-conceptualist Jef Stott, one of several artists forging new music through the merger of modern technology and electronic music with indigenous and historical music from around the world--in Stott's case, India and the surrounding region. And the world came very close to never hearing it: Thieves broke into and robbed Stott's apartment and all his computer equipment--including the hard drive with the finished Arkana--was stolen. “I just went back into the studio ...