Starting on February 19, 2012 Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey began releasing a special series of A & B sides. These lo-fi unmastered tracks capture a raw, distilled, and reconstructed version of The Race Riot Suite material.
The A Side consists of a short & condensed solo piano version of a song from The Race Riot [...]
Nippertown has named The Race Riot Suite the #1 jazz album of the year!!
…and the Number One Jazz CD of 2011:
1. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey’s “Race Riot Suite” (Royal Potato Family)
An African-American community in Tulsa was basically wiped out over two days in 1921, and then the riots were promptly wiped [...]
We are honored to have The Race Riot Suite listed as one of the Best Large Ensemble jazz releases of 2011 by The New York City Jazz Record! Pick up your copy of the January 2012 issue now to see who else made the list:
Thanks to Urban Tulsa Weekly for listing Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey as part of their Hot 100 of 2011:
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Band
JFJO may be touring internationally and garnering praise worldwide, but the ensemble returned home to Tulsa — both literally and figuratively — for The Race Riot Suite. Recorded at [...]
In November 2011 we played a live on-air session in the studio at WNCW in North Carolina:
O’S PLACE JAZZ DECEMBER 2011
http://www.OsPlaceJazz.com Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Race Riot Suite 4/4 O’s Notes: The early 1900s in Tulsa Oklahoma were a dark period that is seldom discussed in mainstream US history books. During this time there was a community of prominent African Americans who lived collectively [...]
BIG CITY RHYTHM & BLUES Magazine
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2011
For its 21st project, the JFJO tells the horrific saga of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma race riots that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of black Tulsans, permanently altered the area’s landscape, and nearly wiped out the nation’s most thriving black community. The core Odyssey [...]
Tulsa World: ‘Race Riot Suite’ Carnegie Hall-worthy
By WASHINGTON I. RUCKER
Published: 10/21/2011 2:23 AM Last Modified: 10/21/2011 4:38 AM
As a Tulsa native, I have some comments on the group Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey.
The group appeared at a local club here in Los Angeles recently and I was in for a major surprise.
After [...]
JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY
SAN FRANCISCO – Tulsa’s native sons are on the road, telling a dark and painful story about a long-suppressed chapter of Oklahoma’s history.
At a performance two weeks ago at the Bay Area’s premiere funk venue, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey settled into a rollicking locomotive groove evoking the territory dance bands [...]
Inspired Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at the Loft — This Ain’t Your Daddy’s Jazz
By Alfred Howard | Published Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, a quartet from Tulsa, Oklahoma, brought their unique brand of open-minded musicianship to the Loft at UCSD. Touring in support ofRace Riot Suite, the quartet added a [...]