Industrial Jazz Group
So we're not really "industrial." Were the Beatles really insects?
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Members:
Saxes: Evan Francis (alto sax), Lee Elderton (soprano sax), Mary-Sue Tobin (tenor sax), Mieke Bruggeman (bari sax) Beth Schenck (soprano / alto sax), Damon Zick (multiple saxes), Cory Wright (multiple saxes), Brian Walsh (tenor sax / clarinet), Gavin Templeton (soprano sax), Gabriel Sundy (bari sax), Ward Baxter (tenor / bari sax), Jim Romeo (tenor sax).

Trumpets: Daniel Rosenboom, Kris Tiner, Josh Aguiar, Aaron Smith, Phil Rodriguez, Stephanie Richards.

Bones: Ian Carroll, Mike Richardson, Nelson Bell.

Rhythm section: Dan Schnelle (drums), 0liver Newell (bass), Jill Knapp (vocals, mirth), Tany Ling (vocals), Andrew Durkin (compositions, conducting, piano, miscellany).

(plus the many many other good folks listed at our website)
Genre:
avant garde party music
Hometown:
Los Angeles
Record Label:
various
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Industrial Jazz Group

Industrial Jazz Group "Family, Church, and school, with fascism thrown in, were supposed to be the major influences on a child of my times. Sex, circus, cinema, and spaghetti -- these were *my* early influences." (Federico Fellini)

2 hours ago
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Industrial Jazz Group Wow. An honor to be cited here.

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For the end of the year (and for closing this little ex-cursus aboutthe 70s/80s Big Bands) i want to propose one of the rare recordingsof the J.Hemphill B.B. : God Bless Julius!And Happy New Year To You All.
Industrial Jazz Group
Industrial Jazz Group
"2010 is the return to a music-in-the-real experience uncapturable by ipods and bootlegs, food for a half-century's hunger for an experience that is socially and musically important." Sing it!
Thu at 12:39am
Industrial Jazz Group

Industrial Jazz Group I offered a comment on this post...

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Today when I finally had a chance to catch up on my jazz (blog) reading, I found this video on this blog, which prompted all sorts of confused thoughts to fly across my brain. Let me first get this out ...
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Industrial Jazz Group A set of melancholy improvised duets. Out-takes from the Star Chamber, featuring Cory Wright and Andrew Durkin.

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As I have written before, I don’t really consider myself a pianist. I get the job done, but that’s about it. Still, every once in a while I will publicly put myself in an extemporaneous pianistic ...
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Well, maybe not just jazz. The content here could range anywhere from information on my wacky acoustic jazz ensemble (the Industrial Jazz Group) to general music-related stuff (reviews of what I'm listening to, comments on the state of the art, and so on) to politics to pop culture to parenthood. .....
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Dusted feature article.Staying Alive Ain’t What It Used To Be. Dusted senior writer Emerson Dameron tells it like it is.
Industrial Jazz Group

Industrial Jazz Group Another entry in the "The Job Song" video contest, this one from Herman Drwila. Woo-hoo!

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Created for their "Get A Job" Contest.
Jill Knapp
Jill Knapp
I love the gravestone with "RIP Neil: He had a Porsche." Hah!
December 14, 2009 at 1:44pm
Industrial Jazz Group

Industrial Jazz Group "I hear such nice American music over the radio. I really like it very much; I do not know why we were always told that it amounts to nothing. The fact is, that our music is heavier and everlasting, but your songs and hits are so jolly and light." A German woman writing to her friend in Philadelphia circa 1945, as quot...ed in "The Rest is Noise" (Alex Ross).

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December 12, 2009 at 9:49pm
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Industrial Jazz Group "As long as they don't starve to death, committed jazz musicians will be there for you [...]"

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The music may never again be a popular force, but it is still swinging—if you know where to listen.
Jim Glass
Jim Glass
"If you stop calling me a jazz man," you promise the boss, "I'll sell more." That's exactly what Miles Davis said to Clive Davis at Columbia Records—more than 40 years ago.
December 11, 2009 at 12:26pm
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December 12, 2009 at 9:45pm
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Evan Francis, one of our longest standing reed players has received a pretty stellar review for his group Spaceheater’s Blast Furnace and their self titled album. Not only does Evan play on this one, but he composed seven of the ten songs on the album.
Industrial Jazz Group

Industrial Jazz Group "We live in a time I think not of mainstream, but of many streams, or even, if you insist upon a river of time, that we have come to delta, maybe even beyond delta to an ocean which is going back to the skies." [John Cage]

December 6, 2009 at 11:52pm
Industrial Jazz Group

Industrial Jazz Group A day late but still worth posting.

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These silly things are going to be featured in an art show in Philly’s Fishtown neighborhood this month, at the Philadelphia Book Company. Tonight (December 4th) is the art opening, and it’s all very exciting. ...
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Industrial Jazz Group Re-announcing the IJG remix contest. Small cash prize. Now with higher quality source material and an extended deadline!

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As another one of my crazy schemes to get the word out about this silly band, I offer up the first official IJG remix contest. Ever.
Industrial Jazz Group

Industrial Jazz Group Hello, mustache.

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feliz dia de cumpleanos a ti
Jason Crane
Jason Crane
Please tell me there's a song or an album coming up called "Hello, Mustache."
December 4, 2009 at 9:52am
Industrial Jazz Group
Industrial Jazz Group
Anything is a possibility with this band!
December 4, 2009 at 10:13am
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Industrial Jazz Group According to the Facebook stats robot, two thirds of our fans are men, while only one third of our fans are women. Which suggests that we're bigger dorks than I thought.

November 30, 2009 at 9:33am
John Ewing
John Ewing
Then I guess you have no valid excuse at all then, do you????
December 1, 2009 at 1:40am
Jill Knapp
Jill Knapp
We're a dance band for people who like to dance in mixed meter. So we're a dance band for exceptionally coordinated people, or exceptionally drunk people.
December 14, 2009 at 1:45pm