Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey @ Joe's Pub (Event Over)

Once described by Signal To Noise as having "a breadth and vision nearly untouched in modern jazz except by the likes of Wayne Shorter and Bill Frisell," JFJO with the addition of Combs on lap steel and Hayes on acoustic bass has perhaps invented its own genre: Red Dirt Jazz, equal parts earthy and nimble, pastoral and sweeping, elegant and rollicking.  The quartet taps into their birthright, drawing upon "The Tulsa Sound" born of hometown heroes like JJ Cale and Leon Russell, growing these roots into a jazz foundation that's built firmly upon the influence of Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk among others.