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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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█████▄ ▐█▌▐███▄ TITLE: Walking With Giants ▄███▌▐█▌ ▄█████
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▀█████▓▄▄▄█▐▓█████▌ LABEL: Hyena Records ▐█████▓▌█▄▄▄▓█████▀
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▀██▄ ▐██████ 201kbps avg - Jazz ▐▓█████▌
▀██▄ ▀█████▌ 1hr 6min total-100.4mb ██████▀
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█▓ ▀▀██▄ ▀██▄ RELEASE DATE: 2004-08-17 ██▀
▀▓▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▓▄ RIP DATE: 2004-08-21 ▄██▌
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▀▀███████▀ track list ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 Daily Wheatgrass Shots 1:28 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 02 Nibbles 3:57 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ 03 Skeeball Over The Ocean 4:27 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ 04 The Arrival 3:46 ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 05 Walking With Giants 9:18 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 06 Lola And Alice 5:20 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 07 Muppet Babies Get Lost At The 3:19 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ State Fair ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 08 Sean's Song 4:49 ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ 09 Son Of Jah 5:30 ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 10 Calm Before The Storm 9:55 ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ 11 As It Will Be 4:20 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ 12 Perfect Wife's Flannel PJ's 4:43 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ 13 Hover 5:36 ▀█████▄
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Performing over 150 dates a year, the ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ road has allowed the Jacob Fred Jazz ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Odyssey to evolve organically, while ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ focusing their ability to improvise as a ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ unit to near telepathic proportions. ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ It's exactly this sensitivity to one ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ another's playing that allowed the 13 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ compositions on Walking With Giants to ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ flourish. The detailed improvisational ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ nuances of songs like "Skeeball Over the ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Ocean," "Calm Before The Storm" and ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ "Hover" could only be achieved through ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ the band exploring the vast possibilities ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ of the music night after night on stage. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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█████▌ ███▌ "There was a long process of evolution ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ for these tunes," states bassist Reed ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Mathis. "We had the opportunity to play ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ and refine them for almost two years, ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ which gave them the time to reach their ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ full potential as compositions." ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
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▐█████ ▐█▓ for the most part setting away their ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ electric side, also played a major ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ role in the band's evolution. New ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ always been revered for utilizing the ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ bass in modern and innovative ways, but ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ in the acoustic setting a new found ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ tonal pureness seemingly released them to ▀█████▄
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▐█████ ▐█▓ Driven by Mathis's tweaked bass ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ renderings "Lola & Alice" soars ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ majestically, while "Son Of Jah" ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ spirals madly between gravity and space, ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ balanced perfectly between Haas and ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Smart's insistent rhythm. Mathis was ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ band's repertoire on "As It Will Be," ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Fittingly, Walking With Giants finds ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ HYENA, a label whose catalog includes ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ James Blood Ulmer, Thelonious Monk, ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▐█████ ▐█▓ it has always been an odyssey that's ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ revealed itself with magical bits of ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ self fulfilling prophecy and synergy ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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