MP3 Bil Jenko - Dead Heat

a heavy dose of funk mixes it up with rock, jazz, reggae & latin, all coming down to the line in a dead heat.

10 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Jazz Fusion, ROCK: Funk Rock



Details:
Dead Heat blends the rhythms of jazz, funk, rock, salsa, reggae & swing. Of the ten selections, five are original compositions.

Dead Heat is the realization of a musical concept by Bil Jenko: musician, songwriter, producer, engineer, arranger & studio owner. He has been making music for many years (his first paid gig was in the seventh grade) on the road & in the studio playing jazz, swing, rock, blues, pop & bluegrass.

Bil has produced & engineered many albums covering a wide variety of musical styles under his Whynot Music label. He has performend with & recorded artists including The Brubeck-LaVerne Trio, The Ed Shaughnessy Quintet, Peter Tork, James Lee Stanley, The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, The Hot Club Quartet, NPR, Chris Murrell, Claude Frank, The Vienna String Quartet, Craig Smith, Wood & Steel, JJ Blue & the Tokyo String Quartet along with many others.

Bil currently performs with the jazz quartet the UpperlineUp. The other members of the UpperlineUp also appear on Dead Heat. Most recently, Bil was a member of the jump-swing blues quintet Blues-A-Matic.

The artists appearing on Dead Heat are:
Bil Jenko - all keyboards & percussion
Larry Carman - drums
Steve Blake - sax
Gino Grandinetti - guitar
Alan Neese - trumpet
Jack King - guitar
Ken Wilmot - trumpet
Dave Reid - clarinet
Greg Hyslop - guitar
Mike Wesolowski - harmonica
Roberto Orihuela - percussion
Alan Nemeth - vibes & drums
Steve Ware - bass
Jeff Weichinger - bass
Chris Hill - bass
Debra Pivetta - flute
Jerry Blevins - guitar

From Bil: This album covers many styles of music. My intent was to remove boundaries in order to create new sounds. I also consider the studio itself to be a musical instrument, & studio pioneers such as George Martin & Jimi Hendrix are a great influence. Thanks for listening!