PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS

The Jessica Jones Quartet is an improvising jazz ensemble which performs original experimental music. Their music derives from the jazz tradition using structured original compositions as a framework for freer improvisation. Combining two tenor saxophones with bass and drums, the group creates a rich and exciting new sound world. Drummer Kenny Wolleson and bassist Stomu Takeishi bring energy and life to the compositions of Jessica Jones and her husband and fellow saxophonist Tony Jones. The eclectic musical backgrounds of the band members give the music breadth of character and texture while remaining firmly rooted in tradition. The band has toured extensively, especially on the east and west coasts, and released four albums. Downbeat hailed their 2016 release, Moxie, “a chordless marvel, a lean and grooving program of six tunes that maintains a taut liveliness from beginning to end.” Poets, storytellers, and other collaborators from Tristano-lineage Connie Crothers to innovative jazz French horn player Mark Taylor have been augmenting the core quartet as the band continues to explore creative alliances and seek new adventures. Their latest album, Continuum, is available on Reva Records. For more info on the band, go to Jessica's website.

This project, spearheaded by Tony Jones, features a creative improvising trio of Tony on tenor saxophone, Charlie Burnham on violin, and Kenny Wollesen on percussion. The group creates sonic landscapes suing an astonishing palette of textures, influenced by music from around the world and deftly balancing their diverse interests. Their latest record adds cellist Marika Hughes, and is available on Reva Records. Their first album, an eponymous LP, is available from New Artists Records here.