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Marco Benevento
Marco Benevento
pianist, organist and composer
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Dan Berglund
Dan Berglund
Swedish double-bass player and jazz musician
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Peter Beets
Peter Beets
Dutch musician
3
John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
4
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Canadian rock band
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James Blood Ulmer
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
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Brian Blade
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
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Per Oddvar Johansen
Per Oddvar Johansen
Jazz drummer
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Fred Frith
Fred Frith
English musician, composer and improvisor
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Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Fred Hersch
Fred Hersch
American musician
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Christian Jacob
Christian Jacob
French jazz pianist
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Han Bennink
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
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Red Snapper
Red Snapper
British instrumental band
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Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
15
The Gap Band
The Gap Band
American R&B and funk band
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Steve Gadd
Steve Gadd
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and session musician
17
Jimmy Bennington
Jimmy Bennington
American musician
18
Brian Doherty
Brian Doherty
drummer from the United States
19
John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Kevin Hays
Kevin Hays
American musician
21
Ken Vandermark
Ken Vandermark
American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
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Hamid Drake
Hamid Drake
American musician
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Marc Johnson
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
24
Jarle Vespestad
Jarle Vespestad
Norwegian musician
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Petter Wettre
Petter Wettre
Norwegian musician
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Lynch Mob
Lynch Mob
band
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Motorpsycho
Motorpsycho
Norwegian rock band from Trondheim
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Mule
Mule
band
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Brian Auger
Brian Auger
British jazz and rock keyboardist
31
Buckshot LeFonque
Buckshot LeFonque
band
32
Roomful of Blues
Roomful of Blues
Musical band
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Peter Brötzmann
Peter Brötzmann
German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
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Laughing Hyenas
Laughing Hyenas
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Gary Husband
Gary Husband
British musician
36
Martyn P. Casey
Martyn P. Casey
musician
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Soft Heap
Soft Heap
band
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Geoffrey Keezer
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
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Patrick Moraz
Patrick Moraz
Swiss musician
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Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
American rock band
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The Greyboy Allstars
The Greyboy Allstars
American Soul jazz band
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Soft Machine
Soft Machine
English rock band
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Najee
Najee
American musician
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Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Monster funk
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Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
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Brian Kellock
Brian Kellock
British musician
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Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio
American punk rock band
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Praxis
Praxis
experimental rock band led by Bill Laswell and Buckethead
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Earl Harvin
Earl Harvin
American musician
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Cinderella
Cinderella
American rock band
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Iniquity
Iniquity
band
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Bill Charlap
Bill Charlap
American jazz pianist
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Ben Perowsky
Ben Perowsky
American drummer
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Digable Planets
Digable Planets
Underground hiphop group formed in Brooklyn
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Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart
American musician
57
J.J. Cale
J.J. Cale
American singer-songwriter and musician
58
Shonen Knife
Shonen Knife
Japanese band
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Mom Jeans
Mom Jeans
American rock band
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Mick Harvey
Mick Harvey
Australian musician
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The Wallflowers
The Wallflowers
American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1989
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Jimmy Chamberlin
Jimmy Chamberlin
Drummer, songwriter, Producer
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Soulive
Soulive
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The Triffids
The Triffids
Australian alternative rock and pop band
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Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
band that plays jazz

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

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band that plays jazz
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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (or JFJO or The Fred) is an American instrumental music group started in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1994. The band has had 16 different members in 20 years and put out 25 albums under the leadership of keyboardist/composer Brian Haas. The current lineup is Haas on piano, Fender Rhodes and synthesizers, Josh Raymer (joined 2007) on drums and Chris Combs (joined 2008) on electric guitar, lap steel, and synthesizer.

JFJO's music is not easily categorized; although it is mostly in the jazz idiom, it draws from hip hop, funk and rock music. Critic Alex Henderson describes the band's music as a "mildly avant-garde blend of jazz, rock and funk [that] draws on a wide variety of influences ... Often quirky, eccentric and abstract, JFJO favors an inside/outside approach but is usually more inside than outside", while critic Scott Yanow describes the group as "fascinating". Their live shows include compositions by John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Thelonious Monk among others, and include long experimental improvisations that, at times, could be considered atonal. Furthermore, the band's early years as an octet featured a strong hip-hop influence.

The group began with different monikers and members in the early 90s including founding members Haas and Reed Mathis, as well as Sean Layton, Dove McHargue, Matt Leland, and Kyle Wright. In 1994, after repeated viewings of This Is Spinal Tap and increased attendance at their shows, the band members agreed on "Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey" as the band's new name. "Jazz Odyssey" coming from a scene in the aforementioned Spinal Tap comedy film and "Jacob Fred" being what Haas wanted his unborn brother to be named at age 3.