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Keith Javors The Free Project - CD
“The Free Project” is critically-acclaimed jazz artist and educator Keith Javors’ fourth release as a small group leader and his first on the newly-celebrated ArtistShare label. The Philadelphia pianist/composer joined artists such as Maria Schneider, Jim Hall, and Danilo Perez in the launch of an original project through ArtistShare in 2005 and the culmination is this imaginative 2007 release.
A strong stylistic departure from “Mo City Jungle”, his 2004 straight-ahead release on Zoho, “The Free Project” threads solo piano improvisations in and out of rap, R & B, jazz, and world music vignettes from the A.M.P (acronym for the six-member American Music Project) in a unique and moving record. Sparring chops in favor of mood and melody, the result is an emotional set that defies category, its sounds ranging from the hard-edged, biting rap rewrite of Rodgers and Hart’s Spring Is Here to a sultry vocal tribute ala Brian McKnight (A Question of When) to the explosive fusion of piano, horns, and African percussion in The Philosophy of Bill Brown.
Recorded in Michigan’s picturesque Upper Peninsula in the summer of 2005, the personnel is the A.M.P.: Keith Javors (piano), Dejuan “D Priest” Everett (spoken word/rap), Curtis Isom (vocals), Dane Bays (alto saxophone), Dave Ziegner (bass), and Alex Brooks (drums). Expanded instrumentations include Dave Braun (trumpet/flugelhorn), Luke Brimhall (trombone), Brian Menendez (aux. percussion), and Jason Miller (aux. percussion).
Described by legendary jazz saxophonist Bunky Green as a “creative force with an urgent message that cannot be denied”, Keith is well-respected by his peers for his talents and passion as an award-winning artist and educator. He has produced numerous projects and groups and has performed or recorded with George Coleman, Bunky Green, Eddie Henderson, Conrad Herwig, Gerry Mulligan, Chris Potter, Ira Sullivan, Brad Turner, Bill Watrous, and many others.
Created by Brian Camelio, ArtistShare is a cutting edge business model for creative artists, its projects offering ways to provide a deep and lasting “experience” of the process as well as the product. ArtistShare was recently nominated as a finalist for Jazz Label of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association and has enabled several Grammy-winning projects.
Featuring the A.M.P. (Detroit's American Music Project)
with:
Dejuan "D Priest" Everett (rap/spoken word)
Curtis Isom (vocals)
Dane Bays (alto saxophone)
Keith Javors (piano)
Dave Ziegner (bass)
Alex Brooks (drums)
with:
David Braun (trumpet/flugalhorn)
Luke Brimhall (trombone)
Brian Menendez (aux. percussion)
Jason Miller (aux. percussion)
A strong stylistic departure from “Mo City Jungle”, his 2004 straight-ahead release on Zoho, “The Free Project” threads solo piano improvisations in and out of rap, R & B, jazz, and world music vignettes from the A.M.P (acronym for the six-member American Music Project) in a unique and moving record. Sparring chops in favor of mood and melody, the result is an emotional set that defies category, its sounds ranging from the hard-edged, biting rap rewrite of Rodgers and Hart’s Spring Is Here to a sultry vocal tribute ala Brian McKnight (A Question of When) to the explosive fusion of piano, horns, and African percussion in The Philosophy of Bill Brown.
Recorded in Michigan’s picturesque Upper Peninsula in the summer of 2005, the personnel is the A.M.P.: Keith Javors (piano), Dejuan “D Priest” Everett (spoken word/rap), Curtis Isom (vocals), Dane Bays (alto saxophone), Dave Ziegner (bass), and Alex Brooks (drums). Expanded instrumentations include Dave Braun (trumpet/flugelhorn), Luke Brimhall (trombone), Brian Menendez (aux. percussion), and Jason Miller (aux. percussion).
Described by legendary jazz saxophonist Bunky Green as a “creative force with an urgent message that cannot be denied”, Keith is well-respected by his peers for his talents and passion as an award-winning artist and educator. He has produced numerous projects and groups and has performed or recorded with George Coleman, Bunky Green, Eddie Henderson, Conrad Herwig, Gerry Mulligan, Chris Potter, Ira Sullivan, Brad Turner, Bill Watrous, and many others.
Created by Brian Camelio, ArtistShare is a cutting edge business model for creative artists, its projects offering ways to provide a deep and lasting “experience” of the process as well as the product. ArtistShare was recently nominated as a finalist for Jazz Label of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association and has enabled several Grammy-winning projects.
Featuring the A.M.P. (Detroit's American Music Project)
with:
Dejuan "D Priest" Everett (rap/spoken word)
Curtis Isom (vocals)
Dane Bays (alto saxophone)
Keith Javors (piano)
Dave Ziegner (bass)
Alex Brooks (drums)
with:
David Braun (trumpet/flugalhorn)
Luke Brimhall (trombone)
Brian Menendez (aux. percussion)
Jason Miller (aux. percussion)
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