Jam Camp
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A Passion For Making & Sharing The Music
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So ya say ya like guitars, and ya also like jam bands? Consider yourself in luck when you check out the music of Seattle's Jam Camp on their CD Black Hills Jam - Preserves Vol. II. Here you'll find not one, but two guitarists (David Broyles and Michael "Smitty" Smith) who make sure that six stringers everywhere are satisfied with their numerous solo forays. Compared to some of the jam bands out there today, Broyles and Smith are unafraid to let their aggressive sides show at times, in pure, overdriven glory. Steve Munger adds great, big, honkin' sax to the proceedings, providing a sonic 'rest' from the guitar-centric, instrumental assault (but then, who visiting this site needs a rest?) It's been described as 'whiskey sippin' music', but you'll find it just as appropriate when carb-loading on your favorite malt beverage, or finishing the last of the tequila before your spouse returns from their business trip.
Broyles is the Camp's musical director and a guitar virtuoso. He and the equally talented "Smitty" Smith trade fiery guitar solos and balance each other as melodic and rhythmic partners in the sound collage. The rhythm section of Jess White on bass and Joel Veatch on drums represents a single-minded, rock-solid base from which the musical journey can depart. Add the incredible Munger on sax, and you've the beast for an exhilarating ride! All of the players integrate their diverse musical influences - which range from art-rock and blues to acid-jazz, fusion and funk - to create new ideas for their forays into uncharted musical territory. All Jam Camp music is derived from jam-sessions. The band spends as much time "unthinking" song structure as it does working themes. The goal: let the music chart its own course. It's music on the brink, controlled chaos that's one note away from musical disaster.
But it's that sense of risk that requires each individual musician in the band to listen, feel and honestly interact with each other; it's that total-immersion and musical surrender that is the genesis of musical "soul," and what Jam Camp is all about.
Contact Information
Joel Veatch
Flying Spot, Inc.
1008 Western Avenue, Suite 201
Seattle, WA 98104
United States
E-mail:
Jam Camp
Web site:
www.jamcamp.com
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Joe Carter
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Brazilian Musical Treat, With Nilson Matta
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Mining the harmonic possibilities from the duo format is guitar virtuoso Joe Carter, who teams with world renowned Trio de Paz bassist Nilson Matta on Two For Two, a fine tribute to Brazilian music. Carter contributes two original instrumentals ("Papa's Baiao", "Olinda"), while Matta adds his composition, "Nascente". Carter has devoted himself to bringing the sounds of Brazil he enjoys into the mainstream of jazz, and his stellar performances on both the originals, and the selection of Brazilian classics from the 1930s through the '60s. The beautiful chord melodies, the single string embellishments, and melodically evocative guitar lines, and seductive string bass - all contribute to a dynamic and engaging listening experience. Guitarists hoping to explore the music of Brazil in their own studies with also find Two For Two to be a fertile source of ideas and inspiration.
Joe started guitar studies at an early age, eventually focusing on Jazz. While earning B.A. and M.A. degrees in Jazz Performance and starting his Jazz Ph.D. studies at New York University he studied privately with guitarists Sal Salvador, John Scofield, Allan Hanlon, saxophonist Lee Konitz and pianist Don Friedman. After several performance and teaching trips to Brazil Joe's current specialty is Brazilian Jazz, combining Straightahead and Bebop styles of Jazz with Samba, Bossa Nova and Northeast styles of Brazilian music. During the course of his career he has recorded and/or performed with Jazz artists such as Art Farmer, Lee Konitz, Cecil Payne, Rufus Reid, Harvie Swartz. Akira Tana, Stafford James, Richard Wyands and Al Harewood among others; and with Brazilian Jazz artists such as Mauricio Einhom, Robertinho Silva, Luis Eca, Luis Alves, Paulo Russo and others.
Carter is currently an instructor at Sacred Heart University and Hartford Conservatory, both in Connecticut, where he specializes in Guitar, World Music and Jazz courses. In addition to this, and also teaching privately in New York City, he has taught clinic/ workshops in Europe, South America and the United States. He is also the author of four textbooks for guitar.
Contact Information
Jim Eigo
Jazz Promo Services
269 S. Route 94
Warwick, NY 10990
United States
E-mail:
Joe Carter
Web site:
www.jazzcorner.com/carter
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