Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Adam Deitch Project and More Set for The Blue Note, 6/29-7/2

The Blue Note has just announced its upcoming line-up for late-night shows, brunch performances and Monday night acts, June 29-July 2, 2012, including Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Adam Deitch Project, Vic Juris and Marc Cary Focus Trio. See full details below.

LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES
JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY’S

“The Race Riot Suite” featuring Mark Southerland and Peter Apfelbaum

Friday, June 29, 2012 • 12:30AM • $15

For its 21st album, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey reaches into the dark annals of its hometown's history and emerges with a masterwork: The Race Riot Suite (2011). Written, arranged, and orchestrated by Chris Combs, the album is a long-form conceptual piece that tells the devastating story of the 1921 Tulsa race riot – a real estate-driven ethnocide occurring under the guise of citizen-dispensed justice. The oil-elite, civic government and local press colluded to take advantage of a racially tense climate in Jim Crow-era Oklahoma, resulting in the death of hundreds of black Tulsans and the destruction of an entire city district. Tonight, the JFJO will perform selections from the suite – a work The Boston Globe declared "a beautifully orchestrated, melodically rich piece that celebrates Greenwood as much as it laments the wanton violence that destroyed the neighborhood."

LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES
ADAM DEITCH PROJECT

Saturday, June 30, 2012 • 12:30AM • $15

Inspired at an early age by artists like Public Enemy, Eric B. and Rakim, Grammy-nominated drummer Adam Deitch began his production career by making loops on a tape deck in his bedroom. He has gone on to produce tracks for some of today's top emcees, including 50 Cent, Redman, Talib Kweli, KRS-One, and Jurassic 5. Deitch has done major session work on drums for artists including Justin Timberlake, Daniel Bedingfield, Anthony Hamilton, and Black Rob. He has also made recent appearances with The Game, Slick Rick, Lauryn Hill, GZA of Wu-Tang Clan, Dead Prez, the Ying Yang Twins, John Medeski, and Meshell Ndegeocello. A regular member of Wyclef Jean's band and the Average White Band, he has also recorded and toured with jazz legend John Scofield. Tonight Deitch steps into the spotlight as a bandleader performing his own tunes.