Video of JFJO playing at WNCW

By jfjo On December 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment

In November 2011 we played a live on-air session in the studio at WNCW in North Carolina:

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O’s Place review of The Race Riot Suite: 4/4

By jfjo On November 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine review of The Race Riot Suite

By jfjo On November 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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Tulsa World: ‘Race Riot Suite’ Carnegie Hall-worthy

By jfjo On October 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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Boston Globe: Painful history, beautiful music

By jfjo On October 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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San Diego Reader: Inspired Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at the Loft — This Ain’t Your Daddy’s Jazz

By jfjo On October 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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Audio & Video from 2011 FreeTulsa festival now available

By jfjo On October 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The pristine audio & video recording of JFJO’s set at the 2011 FreeTulsa music festival has been made available by our friends at Under the Belfry.

The recording features Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (JFJO) playing Grandfather’s Gun, part of The Race Riot Suite, live at FreeTulsa Music Festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma on July [...]

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San Diego Union Tribune: Heady array of jazz concerts here this fall

By jfjo On October 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Heady array of jazz concerts here this fall Among highlights: Terence Blanchard, Gary Burton, James Farm, Oregon, Jacob Fred Jazz Odysssey and San Diego Bass Summit

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5. The Loft@UCSD, Price Center East, second floor, 911 Lyman Lane, UCSD, La Jolla. $10. (858) 534-TIXS;artpwr.com

The 1921 [...]

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San Diego Reader: Expanded Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at UCSD

By jfjo On October 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Expanded Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at UCSD

By Robert Bush | Posted October 3, 2011, 3:41 p.m.

 

UCSD’s the Loft will host a special appearance by the Tulsa, Oklahoma born band Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at 8 p.m., Oct. 5.

The band is touring the US in support of their new release, Race Riot Suite, (inspired [...]

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LA Times: Tragedy, triumph in Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey’s ‘Race Riot Suite’

By jfjo On October 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment

LA Times: Tragedy, triumph in Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey’s ‘Race Riot Suite’

The adventurous jazz band’s latest project pays tribute to Tulsa’s Greenwood community, destroyed in a 1921 race riot, while evoking the creative output of 1920s Oklahoma.

By Andrew Gilbert, Special to the Los Angeles Times
October 2, 2011
As a white [...]

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