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Jayme Stone
Jazz / Roots Music

Juno Award Winner: Instrumental Album of the Year!



Boulder, Colorado
United States

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Last Login:  10/26/2009
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   Jayme Stone: General Info
Member Since4/23/2006
Band Websitewww.jaymestone.com
Band MembersAfrica to Appalachia
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"Stone is the consummate team player... always right in the middle with his polished, inventive banjo playing."
DOWNBEAT

"Bridging jazz, bluegrass and everything in between with smart compositions, playful jams, and a great sense of purpose. It's music that's difficult to describe, but easy to love."
CBC RADIO

"What roots/jazz banjo virtuoso Jayme Stone doesn't know about his instrument probably isn't worth knowing."
TORONTO STAR

"Inquisitive urban banjo ace launches The Utmost, a graceful collection of jazz-affected bluegrass."
GLOBE AND MAIL

"An intent focus on all aspects of music… one of the most open-minded banjoists around."
BANJO NEWS

Jayme "has jam band fans doing cartwheels in the street and hardcore jazz fans re-examining their priorities."
NOW MAGAZINE

"Imagine a more chilled out Béla Fleck and the Americana side of Bill Frisell and you’re on track."
FRETS MAGAZINE

"Jayme Stone is a banjoist who has learned well the lessons of Trischka and Fleck, and has come up with a distinctive approach to newgrass."
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"A real spark in his expressions communicates a deep commitment to the instrument and the music. This is a very special player we'll be hearing more from."
BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED

"It's hard to put your finger on Jayme Stone's style.  Equal parts roots and jazz, the Toronto native's boundary crossing musical adventures have taken him from Appalachia to Africa."
PENGUIN EGGS

"Relive the glory days of precision pickin' on this extraordinary new album. Art deco jazz."
DETROIT TIMES

"Stone is drawing on more than jazz, more than bluegrass – and even more than music."
ASPEN TIMES

"Jazz with the verve of a happy pop tune."
ALL ABOUT JAZZ

"A fresh new spirit on the contemporary music scene."
JAZZ REVIEW

"A unique style that bridges the space between bluegrass and contemporary jazz."
BOULDER WEEKLY

"A banjo big-wig."
BOULDER DIRT

Record LabelUnknown Indie
Type of LabelUnsigned


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Oct 10 2009 8:00P
High Street Concerts (John Hartford Tribute) Lyons, Colorado
Oct 22 2009 8:00P
Oskar Blues (with KC Groves) Lyons, Colorado
Nov 6 2009 8:00P
Rich Mix London
Nov 8 2009 12:00P
The Bell (lunchtime) Bath
Nov 9 2009 8:00P
Kitchen Garden Cafe Birmingham
Nov 11 2009 8:00P
Acorn Arts Centre Penzance
Nov 13 2009 8:00P
The Minerva Chichester
Nov 14 2009 8:00P
St. Mary’s Church Ashford
Jan 22 2010 8:00P
Hamilton College Clinton, New York

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   About Jayme Stone

Oral Transmission, a Mysterious Librarian, and a Tiny Symphony
Inside a Light Bulb:

Jayme Stone's Banjo Impressionism Takes Him to Africa and Beyond:

Banjo-playing composer Jayme Stone follows whimsy rigorously. He picked up a passion for music from an eccentric uncle who listened to records endlessly, placing his ashtray on the speaker so Stone could join him in watching how the cigarette smoke swirled to the music. Stone muses that he started playing banjo because the instruments' quirky physics align with his quick thinking. Soon after his calling to the banjo, he followed the sound of an Indian sarod (like a whisp of smoke) in a small California town to a chance meeting with revered Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan. “I spent the better part of the week soaking up these ancient songs,” remembers Stone. “You could say it was my first banjo lesson." Stone’s musical path always finds him with one foot sinking deeper into land close to home while the other wanders onto new territory.

An unlikely set of circumstances has lent Stone a broader set of reference points than most banjoists and those early beginnings have influenced his sound, choice of material, and collaborations. It started with the architecture of the banjo, led to a mysterious librarian who stocked his local public library with a vast trove of banjo recordings, and landed him long-lasting lessons with a series of maestros, from Bela Fleck and Tony Trischka, to Dave Douglas and Bill Frisell. Now, after seven weeks in Mali studying with the likes of Djelimady Sissoko, Adama Tounkara and Bassekou Kouyate, he realizes that old-fashioned oral transmission suits him best.

“There's just something special about one-on-one learning,” says Stone. “There's more to music than just the notes. Like seeing a photo of Miles Davis in Tony Trischka's banjo case and playing ‘Cluck Old Hen’ with Bill Frisell stand out more than anything else I learned somehow.”

Stone is drawn to musicians who invent their own worlds, musicians who are fluent in the language of music, yet speak in broader brush strokes. With such unlikely influences as Japanese poetry and Brazilian literature, Stone even composed what he calls a tiny symphony that takes place inside an imaginary light bulb. He owns over twenty Caetano Veloso records and has been known to sing Veloso songs phonetically (without knowing a lick of Portuguese). Just as his early influences were diverse, so continues the sources of inspiration.

The Jayme Stone Quartet has the uncanny ability to play a twelve-part composition in eleven, a dirge for Ray Charles, and a medley of Appalachian fiddle tunes all in the same set. They hop scotch from bluegrass hoedowns to jazz festivals leaving small musical twisters in their wake. When people ask what kind of music they play, bassist Mark Diamond replies, “Well, what kind of music do you like?" Or as Stone puts it, “Blending genres is like trying to braid water: you quickly find out it’s all one thing anyway.” The quartet is rounded out with musically-telepathic fiddler Adam Galblum and gravity-defying guitarist Grant Gordy , and occasional special guests Kevin Turcotte on trumpet, and Matt Flinner on mandolin.

The latest chapter in Stone’s musical travelogue takes place in Africa. He went knowing what’s still news to most: that the hide-covered instrument with an “extra” drone string we call the banjo actually comes from West Africa. Stone became particularly curious about what aspects of banjo-playing did not make it across the ocean on slave ships headed west from Senegal and Mali in the 1700-1800’s. “What might have been passed on had the most preeminent musicians taught us Westerners on their own turf, with their own methods and with the freedom to convey the enormous scope and gravity of their music?”

“My early teachers Tony Trischka and Bill Evans are both steeped in the diversity of new world banjo stylings,” explains Stone. “Some traditions like Minstrelsy can be traced back to the earliest handoff of slave music to curious white folks in the 1800s. Yet somehow I wasn’t satisfied with just learning this hybrid music. I couldn’t help but wonder if there was more under the surface.” Like a whole continent perhaps?

During his seven-week trip to Mali, Stone found himself sitting in with Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra in downtown Bamako, lost in circles of Wassoulou polyrhythms and in a rural Dogon village with no electricity where he inadvertently discovered a banjo predecessor unheard of in the West. Africa to Appalachia, his new collaborative album with griot singer and kora player Mansa Sissoko will feature special guests Bassekou Kouyate (ngoni) and Casey Driessen (fiddle).

He traveled to Africa to seek out the roots of the banjo and the idiosyncrasies that never made it to America. What he found was the musical culture that spawned the many branches of roots music. As always, Stone applied his fanciful diligence, finding himself inside another world and ready to bring it into his music wholeheartedly.

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Will Fisher

Will Fisher



Oct 15 2009 5:15 AM

great to meet you at Deep Roots! really enjoy the music and hope to see you play again soon! take care.
Jumping Through Hoops

Jumping Through Hoops



Sep 21 2009 3:13 PM

Thank you so much for the myspace friendship! Kari Groff-Denis, MD and the Jumping Through Hoops Team
Louise Gravel

Louise Gravel



Aug 23 2009 3:29 PM

J'adore votre album, il est très inspirant.
Un gros merci pour l'ajout et au plaisir.
Louise
yoyo

yoyo



Jul 18 2009 10:30 PM

Thanks for being friends :)
Hope you like our old school Soul Music.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Knife River Cowboys & girl

Knife River Cowboys & girl



Jun 5 2009 2:26 PM

Thank you for adding
Knife River Cowboys & girl!
Way to go!!
Love, peace & waffles!
Bump us at the sixtyone.com
Vote for us on ourstage.com
Schnackel

Schnackel



Jun 5 2009 2:26 PM

Hey thanks a lot for the add Jayme, hope you like the music!
Griselda Sanderson

Griselda Sanderson



May 30 2009 6:19 PM

Up the nyckelharpa! Who is the player you've been working with? I'd love to hear some of that! Good luck with your projects. Gris
Ize B. Pickin

Ize B. Pickin



Apr 19 2009 4:18 AM

So happy I had the privilege of meeting you.
You are a huge inspiration! Thanks for the music!
VibeJays

VibeJays



Mar 30 2009 11:30 PM

Dear "Jayme Stone"

Love can drive in a simple way... everything

Any kind of art...

Be the Love... in every moment

Have a great year !!!

We are connected...

Vibejays & Friends
Red Rosary

Red Rosary



Mar 22 2009 8:31 AM

hello!
let me just say; you play beautiful music.
honestly, the arrangements of your songs are incredibly well thought out, and played with true musicianship.
wonderful stuff. i'm very happy, and truly delighted to hear such talent.

congrats on the juno :D

Cheers!

-sara & R.R.
Boolumbal

Boolumbal



Feb 21 2009 8:55 AM

Hello !
thank you for the ADD,
Good continuation for you and full love !!!
Music, happiness and kindness
Mim Suleiman

Mim Suleiman



Feb 19 2009 4:27 PM

love itxx
mim
Parkington Sisters

Parkington Sisters



Jan 29 2009 8:27 PM

Thanks for being a friend.
DJ fflyffilyfbybl

DJ fflyffilyfbybl



Jan 29 2009 11:18 PM

thanks for the add Jayme and hope you Mansa and the band enjoy the fruits of all your labours - the album gets better with each play : )
lets hope you see Wales in sunshine sometime!
Dewi x
PS let me know if you'd like a copy of the interview sent to you
Lopa

Lopa



Jan 30 2009 2:17 AM

Great to see you guys at Green note. Playing Tene on show BBC Radio3 Worldon3 6th feb 2315-0100GMT. bon voyage et merci.
Lopa
Lopa

Lopa



Jan 30 2009 3:41 AM

likewise Jayme and Mansa. I'm playing Tene on the show 6th feb. I was spoilt for choice the album is sweetness itself! 'World on 3' www. bbc. co. uk/radio3/worldon3 at 2315-0100GMT. a la prochaine..Lopa x
baben

baben



Jan 22 2009 2:00 PM

SALUT VIEUX DONNE DES NOUVELLE
baben

baben



Jan 22 2009 2:00 PM

MANSSA I SISSOKO SORA DONNE J'ATTENT TES NOUVELLE A+
Adjei The Sound Sculptor

Adjei The Sound Sculptor



Jan 5 2009 9:48 AM

This Truly Is A Very Beautiful Sound!
Mark Cunliffe - Dandelion Radio

Mark Cunliffe - Dandelion Radio



Dec 31 2008 6:19 PM

Hey

The track you did with Mansa Sissoko, “Bibi” features on my show on Dandelion Radio....

....the show broadcasts for the whole of January as part of a schedule of DJ shows....

:-)

www.dandelionradio.com - The online radio station inspired by John Peel
Mettaphor

Mettaphor



Dec 30 2008 12:01 AM

BOOTIFULL!

kewl to connect across the ocean
peace
mettaphor
Philo.Leptic~Xen

Philo.Leptic~Xen



Dec 24 2008 4:22 AM

Oh~ Actually I am moving to Norwich~ Just realized you are having a show there... I was looking for Banjo teachers in Norwich, that is how I found your page on Myspace. I used to live in Salt Lake City, Utah... had only a few lessons, but my teacher moved to Boulder. Maybe you guys are playing together in some old time playing party, keeping warm from the Alaska storm... ♥
Satoshi Hara

Satoshi Hara



Dec 16 2008 11:40 PM

Hello Jayme,
Thank you for the add your friends.

The roots of the banjo and the present conversation are wonderful in the maximum.
I love this music sincerely.

Japanese Banjo pleyer
Satoshi Hara
Howard Lips

Howard Lips



Nov 26 2008 3:53 AM

Thanks for the add Jayme Stone, and welcome to my neck of the cyber woods! Beautiful music brother!
Peace,
Howard Lips
Dexter Payne

Dexter Payne



Nov 19 2008 8:29 PM

It IS a pleasure! Again soon, I hope!
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