Instrumental Guitar music in a fusion jazz style, Van Halen meets Coltrane.

8 MP3 Songs in this album (42:45) !
Related styles: JAZZ: Jazz Fusion, JAZZ: Jazz-Rock

People who are interested in Greg Howe Allan Holdsworth Shawn Lane should consider this download.


Details:
DOJO

Since itâs inception in Lawrence, KS in 2004, DOJO has been steadily working their way to the surface by striving to produce technical music that has soul or meaning. Named after the term used in Zen Guitar, DOJO is a special place for three gifted musicians to grow. In addition to a healthy diet of gigs, they have played several festivals including the 2006 and 2007 Wakarusa Music Festivals and BrewGrass Music and Brewery Festival. In 2006, the group performed in Favored Nations âNight of Pure Guitarâ concert featuring Dave Weiner and Rob Balducci. DOJO has also held the opening slot for ALO. DOJO has three records out including Live at the Jazzhaus recorded at their favorite hometown venue. The bandâs latest release Studiojo would be a great way to introduce the band to you.


Brian Baggett

Brian Baggett is one of the âfirst callâ jazz guitarists in Kansas City; he played well over one hundred gigs in 2007. He has worked with some of KCâs finest including Kerry Strayer, Bobby Watson, Todd Strait, Stan Kessler and OJT. He played on Bill McKemyâs release Om Nidrah which was Pitch Weeklyâs Best Jazz Album of 2003. Brian has been a jazz guitar teacher since 1994 and a guest artist/clinician at several jazz festivals. He is the faculty guitar instructor for the University of Kansas Jazz Workshop since 2006. Brian has produced music for both television and videogames. In print, Brian has been featured in Guitar Player Magazine, Abstract Logix and JAM magazineâs cover story âGuitars Galoreâ. Brian recently studied with guitar master Reggie Wooten and he can currently be seen working in several groups including Ken Lovernâs O.J.T. and Alphabet.


Luke Stone

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Luke Stone has been an active member of the Kansas City/Lawrence music scene for over 15 years. Luke has shared the stage with many prominent musicians, including Jazz Mandolin Project, Karl Denson, and others. Luke has three studio releases under his belt in which he did all of the playing and production. He is a very talented musician and a skillful drummer who honed his skills studying with Doug Auwarter (Danny Carey) and Jeff Sipe. In addition to playing drums on Studiojo and the first DOJO album Place of the Way, he also engineered and produced both albums. In 2006, Hummer licensed Lukeâs song No Backpacks Allowed for use in a training video. Luke is currently the drummer and general all around guy for Cosmopolitics.


Chris Handley

Chris Handley gained a strong reputation as the bass player for Space Pocket in 1999. They did shows with the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Robert Walter's 20th Congress and others. He spent several years studying with Kansas City bass player and technique wizard Bob Blount. Chris has been a bass teacher himself for over ten years. As a very versatile bassist Chris works with several artists around the Midwest from singer/songwriter Tanner Walle to rappers like MC Approach. In 2007 Chris opened for BB King in Kansas City with the Brody Buster Blues Band. Chris can usually be seen playing around Lawrence with area jazz musicians and he was the house bass player at the Jazzhaus in 2006 and 2007. In 2008 Chris enrolled at the Playerâs School of Music in Clearwater, Florida to study with bass legend Jeff Berlin.