FREQY HOUR featuring THE JODI JEAN BAND

FREQY HOUR featuring THE JODI JEAN BAND
April 2, 6:00 PM
Ages: 21+

"Elegant, subtlety sexy and composed, Jodi sounds and looks great on stage and literally has the crowd howling from her first song on. Her voice is inviting and draws the audience to her." - Randy Freedman. Chicago Jazz Magazine

JODI JEAN hails from Wisconsin, but has spent the past 9 years living in Chicago with a one-year hiatus spent in South Korea performing with an original rock group, the B Band. Since returning to Chicago in 2005, she has been writing and performing jazz, country, rockabilly, blues and bossa nova with groups such as Rhythm Futur, Tiger Moon, Bossa Saravah and Jodi Jean and the Revenuers.

THE JODI JEAN BAND is Jodi Jean playing with some of Chicago’s finest musicians. Primarily performing original material and jazz and bossa nova standards, their sound has been described as honest, soulful, intelligent and fun.

THE PLAYERS:

AYLON SAMOUHA (guitar) has been playing jazz, bossa nova, and blues guitar for the past 15 years in New York and Chicago. He studied with the late Ted Greene in Los Angeles and Gene Bertoncini in New York. In 2008, Aylon launched his first LP, "The Rockwell Sessions" which showcases his solo guitar in addition to group work. In Chicago, Aylon performs with a talented community of musicians in various formats including vocal/guitar duos and Brazilian ensembles.

BRETT BENTELER, (bass) is classically trained on the double bass, but his musical background includes Afro-Cuban, Brazilian and Jazz. He has traveled North and South America, as well as the Caribbean and Europe, as a performer and educator. In his native Chicago, Brett has earned the privilege of playing alongside many of the city’s finest musicians of all disciplines.

JANET CRAMER (drums/percussion) is a versatile drummer and percussionist with experience in many different music genres and styles. Janet has performed with numerous Chicago Blues musicians, including the late Chico Banks, Linsey Alexander, Big Time Sarah, and Liz Mandeville and the Blue Points. In the jazz and Latin jazz genre, she has performed with Grupo Cha Cha, Sally Station and Xumapao. She is a member of the Afro-Cuban folkloric ensemble, Toque Chicago and leads an all-woman Latin jazz quartet, Chi Chi’s Cha Cha.