Jesse Chandler (organ, piano, moog, rhodes bass), Kris Bauman (saxomophone, clarinet); Bill Campbell (drums); John Ellis (saxophone); Mike Moreno (guitar); Albert Sanz (rhodes)
Influences
JAMC, MBV, SY, VU, YLT, YMG
Sounds Like
Here are the obligatory record reviews: "With that, I say we all better be checking out Jesse Chandler, because his new record transcends not only every cliche of organ jazz, but more momentously, casts aside many of the cliches of contemporary jazz in the process. A product of New York's New School, Chandler's part of the new school of modernists taking compositional inspiration from rock, film and electronic music. This compositional onus is taken in earnest, not as some spice to add to the conventional concoction to buffet sales. Hooks run deep, consisting of melodic sections having little to do with conventional jazz harmony and vocabulary and more to do with mood and atmosphere." ... "This is the record of the young 2004-so good that I can't see anyone coming along to challenge Jesse Chandler for new artist of the year." - Phil DiPietro, All About Jazz, January 2004 (http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=13020) ------ "Jesse Chandler’s debut disc Somewhere:Between moves with quicksilver grace, pulling together everything from old-school fusion (there’s even a cheeky lift from In a Silent Way) to current mergers between small-group jazz and pop music." ... "An attractive, very playable fusion disc that insinuates rather than hits you over the head – what’s not to like?"- Nate Dorward, Cadence Magazine, Nov. 2004 (http://www.ndorward.com/music/fivecds_nov04.htm)
and here's the obligatory bio: Jesse Chandler was born in Boston November 20, 1978. He grew up in Woodstock, NY and began private studies in clarinet at the age of 7, classical piano at 10, violin at 13, and music composition/theory at 16. He also participated in the New York All-State Orchestra, Symphonic Band and Jazz Band while in highschool, and worked as an organist for a church from age 15 to 18. At 15 years old he started getting interested in jazz, and at 18 moved to New York City, where he attended the New School for Social Research/ Mannes College of Music, and earned a BFA in Jazz Performance for Organ and Piano. He has performed professionally in New York and all over Europe and America and recorded albums with many different musicians and bands, including Norah Jones, Jimmy Cobb, David “Fathead” Newman, and Turkish virtuoso Omer Faruk Tekbilek.
On January 1st, 2003 Jesse moved to Lisbon, Portugal and began playing extensively throughout Europe at concert halls, jazz festivals and clubs, as well as TV and radio shows. He returned briefly to New York to record his debut album for Fresh Sound Records’ ( www.freshsoundrecords.com), released in 2004 and entitled “Somewhere:Between.” The album consists wholly of original compositions, and has garnered many excellent reviews, including one in the acclaimed jazz magazine/website All About Jazz (www.allaboutjazz.com), and ended up in critics’ end-of-year top albums lists for several jazz publications such as JazzTimes Magazine. Also in 2004, one of Jesse’s compositions was chosen to be featured on a sampler CD for Fresh Sound Records, the record label which has for the past ten years been crucial in documenting the modern New York jazz scene. In the summer of 2006 he was commissioned to write a suite of music for a dance piece. The piece was performed for children by a member of the prestigious Gulbenkian dance company in Lisbon. He also recorded the piece at his home studio. He has taught several master classes at prestigious universities in Portugal and Spain, and has had private piano students of all ages for many years. On December 31st, 2006 Jesse moved back to Woodstock to start fresh in a new (old) place. He thoroughly enjoys playing, recording, teaching and composing all kinds of music, especially Jazz, Classical, Rock and Brazilian music. He has been touring the u.s. and Europe and recording a lot recently with Robert Gomez, including a recent tour in France playing festivals with Sonic Youth and the Smashing Pumpkins.
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We are very excited about playing at such an awesome jazz club. We have some great sets lined up for you, so don't miss it. Friday and Saturday November 20th and 21st, 5:00-8:30p at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago
Aaron Koppel -Guitar, Matt Nelson; (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) -Keyboard, Graham Czach; (Chicago Afrobeat Project) -bass, Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos) -drums
Hiya, thanks for being a friend - I enjoyed visiting YourSpace :-) Keep it up May your life be full of love, light and fun... hugs SOREN - Beats for change - NYERTUN
If you are a fan of The Paranoid Monkeys, and have enjoyed listening to our music over the years then you might like to know that we have recently had a name change. From this point forth we will be known as Some Brave Apollo.
Check out sample tracks from our new album, Falling Together Falling Apart, on our Myspace Page.
"All in all, Aaron Koppel and company...have produced a lovely, lively collection marked by intelligent writing, emotional depth, and sterling musicianship." -Neil Tesser
If any of you guys states side know who Roesy is you will be pleasantly surprised to hear that he is coming to New York this week to play a few gigs post Paddy's Weekend or is it to keep the party rolling.
March 22nd at The Scratcher Sessions, 8pm March 24th at The Rockwood Music Hall, 7pm March 25th at The Red Lion, 7pm March 26th at An Beal Bocht, 9pm
Our own Jenna Nicholls will be sharing the bill at The Scratcher Session this Sunday, so if your in New York this weekend come on down and support independent musicians.
The Craic Festival 2009 has invited FairplayCollective to play at this years Festival. All members will be playing in the round. The show is at The Mercury Lounge, March 14th at 8pm. This is the last night of the festival and Foy Vance is also on the bill.
What more can I say, a great night for music and film, with the odd star thrown in. Come show your support.
We would love to see you at this event
come and show your love for Good Music!
