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The Language That Binds Us All: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and Mike Dillon Band

Estimated read time 11 min read

Music is all about connectivity. It is nothing short of miraculous how human beings called musicians create vibrations that mingle together to forge cohesive (or dissonant) sounds that then float through space and time to find the ears of other human beings who in turn interpret what they hear through words, dance, and visual mediums creating a web of interconnected thoughts and ideas that spread out into the universe infinitely.

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PICK OF THE WEEK: Everyone Orchestra – Cervantes’ Other Side – Friday March 21st

Estimated read time 1 min read

Matt Butler returns to Denver with his all-star interactive Everyone Orchestra. This go around features Eddie Roberts of The New Mastersounds with members of The Motet, Tea Leaf Green, Furthur, Big Gigantic, Trey Anastasio Band, Elephant Revival, Euforquestra. Also performances by Mike Dillon Band and Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, making this a night not to be missed!

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey – February 25th & 26th – Dazzle Jazz

Estimated read time 4 min read

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey has been a force in the Jazz scene for over ten years now. The have had the opportunity to play some of the biggest Jazz festivals around the world and legends of genre regularly sit in with them. This time around, JFJO was touring in support of their latest album, Race Riot Suite. Composed and arranged by Lap Steel Guitarist, Chris Combs, Race Riot Suite boasts an extraordinary horn section as it musically tells the story of the 1921 race riots that ravaged the bands home city of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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PICK OF THE WEEK: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey – February 25th & 26th – Dazzle Jazz

Estimated read time 1 min read

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey was founded in 1994. The band has garnered respect and recognition around the world, receiving praise from critics and routinely selling out shows across the U.S. and Europe. Its fluid, ever-­‐evolving brand of progressive jazz frequently reaches into disparate genres for inspiration— elements of ragtime, Americana, classical, funk and ambient electronica are all evident in the versatile group’s body of work.