Just to name a few in no particular order because there are so many genius' that play a part in influencing my sound: Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters, Thomas Dolby, Arthur Russell, Larry Levan, David Mancuso, Kenny Carpenter, Nicky Siano, Giorgio Moroder, Quincy Jones, Bird, Phil Woods, Grover Washington, Ronnie Laws, Roy Ayers, Harvey mason, Bohannan, Dennis Coffey, Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis, Bob Marley, Skatalites, James Brown, P-Funk, Cloud One, Patrick Adams, Lewis & Rinder, El Coco, Steve Arington, Bunny Siegler, D Train, Pleasure, T-Connection, Fat Back Band, Talking Heads, Prince, Blondie, Pink Floyd, Marshall Jefferson, Joy Division/New Order, Larry Heard, Ron Hardy, Frankie Knuckles, Adonis, Tony Humphries, MAW, Carl Craig, Francois K, Eric Kupper, Victor Simonelli, Pal Joey, Daniel Wang, Arthur Russell, Danny Krivit, Johnny Fiasco, Glenn Underground, Kerri Chandler, Greg Wilson, Alton Miller, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Eddie Fowlkes, K. Dixon AKA Moodyman, Purple Flash, Jon Rocca, Harry Thuman, Alexander Robotnic, Gino Soccio, Metro Area, Idjut Boys, Chicken Lips, Jazzanova, Bugz in the Attic, Atjazz, Recloose, Dimitri From Paris, Dj Harvey, Charles Webster, Jori Hulkkonen, Trentemoller, West End Records, Salsoul records, P & P Records, Prelude, All the Great Disco/Jazz Funk/Electro Funk/Boogie Bands, All the Great House Pioneers and my True School House/New Disco Contemporaries, All the Hip Hop Pioneers, All the Hip Jazz Cats. The list goes on....and....on.....ya know!
Sounds Like
Heavy JaZz/FuSioN/LaTin infuences, the H to the H*o*U*s*E, ObScUre DiSco, BoOgIe, DoWntEmPo, ClassiCs, ItaLiOdiSco, EleCtro, Funk&Punk, Reggae, If it grooves it's probably in my bag..........................................................
Jesse Allen has had a life long affair with music. He pulls from his large record collection of contemporary and classic disco, house, and obscure dance music grooves to produce a sound that has been influenced by the likes of Ron Hardy, Larry Levan, and Dj Harvey providing the freshest music programming and mixing this side of the galaxy.
His musical journey started with playing the saxophone at the tender age of seven, and by the age of ten he began studying jazz. In nineteen ninety-three Jesse had been introduced to the sounds of the ever-present house music underground in Boston and soon after started playing with his friends turntables, he had come to find a new musical passion.
By the age of eighteen he started fusing his musical worlds together, mixing records and playing the sax at the same time. Which was then followed by teaching himself to play piano and schooling himself in the art of music production and engineering. He is an acclaimed producer, arranger, engineer, saxophonist, keyboardist, synthesist and professional house music and disco dj. His dj career dates back to the mid nineties and since then he has had the honor of sharing the stage with several of the worlds most respected circuit djs.
Recent times have found Jesse Allen playing keys and sax on Bananza Music’s (BZA008) “Melodic Pleasure” by Ryan Tapia feat. Celeste. He’s currently mixing and mastering his band, Long Distance Analog's full length LP with fellow band mates Sean Healey and Tate Masimore. Long distance Analog's sound is heavily cemented in the synth pop, nu disco, and electronic dance music realm of funky, vocal laced songs.
Jesse brings his years of experience and finesse behind the decks to the dj booth of 28 Degrees located at 1 Appleton St in Boston's South End each and every Thursday night from 7:30pm till 1am. He tends to play everything funky, delving deep into downtempo, jazz, disco, funk, 80's jams, and house music. Jesse is also Boston's very own Baby Loves Disco maestro serving up disco classics to parents and children once a month at Revolutions Rock Bar on High St in Downtown Boston. For more info on BLD please visit the website http://www.babylovesdisco.com/locations/boston/
Get hip to this true dance musicologist’s feel good funky sound that brings people together, make them dance, and melts their troubles away in proper fashion on the dance floor.
JFJO returns to BOSTON on SATURDAY (OCT. 17) at The Lizard Lounge. Doors @ 8:30pm & two sets of JFJO start at 9:30pm! Advance Tickets are cheaper! See you soon!
This Sunday, September 6th 13th Annual LOFT REUNION MACHINE 1256 BOYLSTON ST around the corner from Fenway Park 9pm-2am $5 b4 10pm $10 after 857-891-1960
THE BOSTON HOUSE MUSIC COALITION PROUDLY PRESENTS N.Y.C. DJ MARKUS RICE. Markus's has held residencies at Odyssey @ Bar Code, Rendezvous @ Club New York/OHM, Rendezvous Thursdays, Brooklyn Kulture Fridays, Expansions Saturdays @ 667 Bar Gallery Lounge & Justins Sundays Clubs you may have heard Markus do guest spots in are: "Ripple Effect WMC party at The Cleavelander Hotel South Beach Fla, Langston's, Kili Lounge, Chocolate Monkey, Ultra Violet, Halcyon, Excalibur, SPA, Red (DC), Destiny, Bang the Party, 2 I's, Drinkland, Falukka Lounge, 46 Grand (Soho). Justin's, Cheetah in The USA. Markus got the opportunity to take his talents overseas to Tokyo, Japan where he wowed the crowds @ Loop, Womb, CoCo Bongo and for a Triple 5 Soul event with his original Soulful style of blending many forms of underground dance music.
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