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Mr. Justin W. Powell (VJP)

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  • Justin W. Powell

  • 31 / Male
  • Asheville, NC, North Carolina, US
  • Last Login: 1/6/2010

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Interests

  • Music

    O.K....Here I go (forgive me any spelling mistakes) Bruce Hornsby, Miles Davis, Robert Randolph, B.B. King, Page McConell, Charlie Parker, Umphrey's Mcgee, Mother Vinegar, Ali Baba's Tahini, John Wasem, The Hue, Weather Report, Joel Cummins, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Squarepusher, Derek Trucks Band, Ween, Primus (anything Claypool does really), Pink Floyd, Garaj Mahal, Jaco Pastorious, The Allman Brothers, Megadeth, Old Metallica, Rush, Yes, ELP, Blues Traveler, The Yellowjackets, SeepeopleS, Steely Dan, Melvin Sparks, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Outkast, The Mars Volta,The Samples,Ozric Tentacles, Michael Jackson (the young one), Prince, Tribe Called Quest, Bobby Watson, Gov't Mule, The Burbridge Bros, The Dead, The Talking Heads, Billy Joel, Claude DeBussy, Frederick Chopin, Camille Saint-Saens, J. S. Bach, John Williams, Bill Laswell, Buckethead, Bernie Worrell, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Return to Forever, Little Feat, Molly Hatchet, Johnny Neal, Galactic, Sound Tribe, Yon Hammer, Aphex Twin, The Neville Brothers (and all of their projects), Jimmie Smith, Soulive, Bela Bartok, Digable Planets ( I had their first album back in the 90's), Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Deep Fried, Stevie Wonder, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Louis Armstrong, Hal Galper, Ornette Coleman, and the list goes on and on...

  • Movies

    Control Room, Why We Fight, The Corporation, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Frank Zappa's Baby Snakes, The Fountain, Pan's Labyrinth, The Last King of Scotland, Wayne's World I & II, Spaceballs, Peewee's Big Adventure, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Big Lebowski, This is Spinal Tap, Monty Python and the everything they've done, Raising Arizona, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Dr. Strangelove, Ghostbusters I, JFK, Caddyshack, Joe Dirt, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Jesus Camp, Umphrey's Mcgee: Live at the Riviera, The Comedians of Comedy, the D in The Pick of Destiny, The Adventures of Baron von Munchhausen, Good Fellas, An Inconvenient Truth, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Jerk, Adam Sandler is funny in everything, Tommy Boy, Bongwater, Cocaine Cowboys, Dazed and Confused.

  • Television

    Most importantly The Simpsons; then, Adult SWIM, CNN (not to much though), Discovery Channels, Comedy Central, Ghost Hunters, Band of Brothers, Planet Earth, Arrested Development, The Office (British and American), Seinfeld, The History Channel, Reno 911, King of the Hill, Futurama, SouthPark, Food Network. Video Below: Video of L.O.A. at The Store in Chicago, IL 3/1/08

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  • Books

    Ultimate Hitchiker's Guide, Countdown to Crisis, The Kite Runner, Rise of the Fourth Reich, The Creature From Jekyll Island.

  • Heroes

    Alex Jones and Herbie Hancock.

Details

  • Status: Engaged
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: Orlando, FL
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Body type: 5' 10" / Slim / Slender
  • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
  • Zodiac Sign: Cancer
  • Smoke / Drink: Yes / Yes
  • Occupation: musician

Networking

  • Profesional keyboard player who can read and improvise . Available for studio work in Chicagoland and Asheville, NC areas.

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About me:


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Quantcast VERTIGO%20JAZZ%20PROJECTQuantcast Photobucket .. .. Justin W. Powell is currently the keyboard player for acoustic rockers The John Wasem Band, Vertigo Jazz Project, Ali Baba's Tahini, and fusion/prog ensemble Land of Atlantis. He also works as a studio musician in the Chicago, IL, and Western North Carolina areas. As a young person, Justin Powell studied classical piano and organ for 14 years, with the likes of Andrew Walker, Drucilla Engle, Duncan MacMillan, and other prominent instructors in the Orlando, FL area. He also studied voice with Murray Summerville, former organist and choirmaster at Harvard University. For the last 5 years, Justin has studied with IAJE award winning jazz composer and performer, Pavel Wlosok at Western Carolina University. During the last 5 years he has also shared the stage with members of: The Count Basie Orchestra, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Umphrey's Mcgee, Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, Josh Phillips Folk Festival, Josh Blake, Mother Vinegar, hip-hop artists Dirty5Thirty, Stellar Road, Afromotive, 56 Hope Road, and The Hue. On the jazz front he has performed with jazz greats Bobby Watson (solo artist ;Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers), Gary Smulyan (solo artist; Village Vangaurd), Mike Mcgirk, drummer Jon Riley(Miles Davis ,Woody Herman, Vangaurd Jazz Orchestra, Bob Mintzer, etc.), Raquelle Whitside- Scott (vocalist for USAF 'Falconaires' Band for 10 years), Chris Cheek (Bill Frisell, Brad Meldhau, & Rutter), and Andrew Clausen (Ray Charles, many Broadway shows). Justin has performed with all of these musicians in clinics as well. Justin W. Powell has been a major player in the Western North Carolina music scene doing a two year run as solo pianist at Spring St. Café in Sylva, NC. Listed in Justin's top friends you will find bands he's recorded with, performed with, as well as bands he likes. VERTIGO JAZZ PROJECT is a relatively new acid jazz ensemble that plays in the Asheville area and features Patrick "Pajamas" Thortenson on bass, Preston Cate on guitar, Justin W. Powell keyboards, and Sean Mason on drums. Playing 99% original music, VERTIGO JAZZ PROJECT has wowed the Asheville scene, with reviews in the Mountain Xpress. The JOHN WASEM BAND is a conglomerate of rising stars, which can easily be put side by side with the best, both locally and nationally. The present line-up includes Matthew Longbons (bass), Mike Mirro (drums), Justin Powell (keys) and Marcus Rezak (electric guitar). Together, they have played such major Chicago venues as the House of Blues, Double Door, Martyrs’, Kinetic Playground, The Abbey Pub, Cubby Bear and many more clubs across the midwest. In addition, JWB has toured both coasts and was a resident performer at the historic Wise Fools Pub for the past 4 years. John Wasem Band is currently working hard on a follow up album, and Land of Atlantis will be recording at IV Lab studios in march. Formed in 2007, LAND OF ATLANTIS is made up of some of the region's finest young musicians. This top-notch instrumental jazz/rock fusion group's lineup includes: on Rhythm guitar Dan Rucinski, bassist Josh Hanchar, drummer Nemanja Djorovic, his identical twin brother/lead guitarist Nikola Djorovic, and Justin w. Powell keyboards. Each are talented musicians years beyond their age. Nikola Djorovic is one of only seven finalists to compete in the national round of Guitar Center's 2005 Guitarmaggedon contest and has appeared in Guitar World Magazine. Bringing together just about every style of music into one group of musicians with compositions that make sense to the listener is why Land of Atlantis is one of the few unique bands Chicago has to offer. From Metal to Latin Jazz, through world music around to bebop and back; Land of Atlantis is a band to watch in the coming years. ALI BABA'S TAHINI is a popular South Bend, IN, power trio formed in 1998 by KARL ENGELMANN (vocals, bass, sitar), JAKE CINNINGER (vocals, guitar), and STEVE KROJNIEWSKI (drums). The band dabbled in several styles of music, including hard rock, jazz, progressive, folk, reggae, blues, and more. The band quickly developed a large fanbase in the midwestern United States due mainly to their energetic live performances. For many of their early shows, the band featured an up and coming UMPHREY'S McGEE as their opening act. In 1999, they released the critically acclaimed "Hopi Champa" album as their fanbase continued to swell. However, the original lineup was altered soon thereafter as Karl Engelmann left the band to pursue outside projects. He was replaced by a longtime friend of the band, KAHLIL SMYILE. With the depatrue of Engelmann (one of the band's main songwriters), Jake Cinninger's compositions were featured front and center on the band's second album "Limbo Boots," released in 2000. By the summer of that year, Cinninger disbanded Ali Baba's Tahini to join Umphrey's McGee, and the rest is history as Umphrey's have become one of the country's most popular and respected live bands. Smylie went on to form the SQUIRM ORCHESTRA with Brett Padgett. Four years after the breakup, in 2004, the original lineup of the Ali Baba's Tahini reunited (sans a one-off reunion concert in 2003) in the North Carolina mountains to record their first album of the new millennium, "Rockstars and Lawnmowers." After a year of production, engineering, and mixing by Cinninger, the album was finally released in 2005. Just three months later, Engelmann formed MOTHER VINEGAR, a hard rock band centered in Asheville, NC, that, along with Umphrey's McGee, helps keep the Ali Baba's Tahini concert catalog alive today. STEVE KROJNIEWSKI is currently drumming with HOODOO GROOVE, a five-piece group featuring drums, saxophone, trumpet, guitar, and bass. He also plays with a African drumming group called RHYTHM WORKS and has been teaching yoga for two years now (www.truebalanceyoga.com). In 2006-2008, Jake, Karl (now on guitar), Krojo and new members JEFF HINKLE (bassist for Mother Vinegar) and Justin W. Powell (keyboards Vertigo Jazz Project, John Wasem Band, Land of Atlantis) have recorded a new album of material in Niles, MI, to be released in spring of 2009. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for upcoming tour dates!

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    Jul 2 2009 6:13 PM

    Modo ( http://www.modomusic.net ) will be performing at the Emerald Lounge on Saturday, July 4th with The Discordian Society. Check out the myspace for new tracks from the upcoming Self-titled EP. Show starts right after the fireworks. Photobucket
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    Jun 10 2009 3:47 AM


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    Jun 2 2009 6:26 PM

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    Jun 2 2009 4:39 PM

    Just wanted to reach out and let you know that Modo ( http://www.modomusic.net ) will be performing at the Orange Peel on Saturday, June 6th with Josh Blake and the Big Money Band. Check out the myspace for new tracks from the upcoming Self-titled EP. We hope to see you there! Photobucket
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    May 28 2009 5:20 PM

    What up, sucka. You musical sucka.


    Love and light,

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    May 25 2009 12:23 AM

    whats up man? hey i was wondering if you wouldn't mind checkin out my new band. We're called the fallgreens. i just uploaded some tracks from our studio sessions. let me know what ya think.
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