The Jost Project play Chris’ Jazz Café

 Preview Party of The Jōst Project’s Upcoming CD

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Chris’ Jazz Café … April 16^th – 7 to 10 p.m.

Philadelphia, PA (April 2, 2013) – On Tuesday, April 16 from 7 to 10 p.m., one month before their CD is released internationally, Philadelphia-based The Jōst Project is having a Preview Party concert at Chris’ Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom Street in Philadelphia. Band members are internationally renowned vibraphonist Tony Miceli, vocalist/harmonicist Paul Jost, acoustic bassist Kevin MacConnell with drummer Charlie Patierno. Their new CD “Can’t Find My Way Home” will be released on May 15^th by Dot Time Records, the jazz and world music label based in NY and Europe. For the Preview Party, there is a $10 cover, $5 for students.

This talented group is bringing attention to jazz by reaching into the “baby boomer” and subsequent generations that came of age with rock and roll, the Beatles, hard rock, and other genres which are rarely played by jazz groups. While the harmonies are not necessarily in line with more recognizable jazz progressions, such music is well within the scope of the modal and melody-based jazz of Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” and other post-bop developments in jazz.

Songs on the CD are: “Walk This Way” (Aerosmith); “Kashmir” (Led Zepellin); “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” (Iron Butterfly), “What a Day For a Day Dream” (John Sebastian; Loving Spoonful); “Sunshine Superman” (Donovan); “Come Together” and “And I Love Her” (The Beatles); “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” (Simon and Garfunkel); “Maybe I’m Amazed” (Paul McCartney); and “Can’t Find My Way Home” (Blind Faith).

The early buzz on the CD is coming from both sides of the Atlantic appreciating the unique combination of their musical sound. Miceli’s vibraphone stirs echoes of the famed Modern Jazz Quartet with Milt Jackson. MacConnell’s lyrical playing is an essential element and Jost invokes blues, mainstream, and scat stylings in his unique introspective way bringing out the emotions contained in the songs.  

The Jōst Project was initially formed by Miceli and MacConnell with the purpose of performing rock music of the 60’s and 70’s in a jazz format. The seeds of this idea were planted in Miceli’s 2005 recording “Hippie Jazz”.  When Miceli heard Jost, a multi-talented musician as well as vocalist and arranger, he felt such a strong musical connection that he not only invited him into the group, they were named The Jōst Project. It’s immediately evident that these skilled artists each bring their distinctive experience and approach to this blended collective.