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Jason Newsom

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Jason Newsom is a solo guitarist and vocalist from Portland, Ore. His unique slap-funk guitar approach has been called “absorbing” (Jazznow.com) and his compositions have been described as “supremely funky” (The Oregonian), “fresh and innovative” (JazzReview.com), and “full of smart melodies” (Jazz Society of Oregon). He is the bandleader and composer for the funk jazz group Anomalous Quintet, which has released three CDs of original music Born in 1965 in Kansas City, Mo, he did not begin playing guitar until age 20. Although he was self-taught for many years, he later studied guitar privately in Phoenix, AZ and studied harmony, arranging, and jazz guitar at the University of Pittsburgh School of Music

Album

Singular Delight

Label: Fine Grooved Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Singular Delight; Your Nostril Looks Like a Penguin, Sky Blues; Double Espresso; Super Ball; Happenstance; Mind How You Go; Squark; Bufflehead; Two Cents Plain; Crazy Wee Pokey Thing; Hetchy Hetch


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