knot.magazine : jacob fred jazz odyssey

"Some bands captivate an audience, publicly telling secrets through music. As with most secrets, everyone wants to hear what they have to say. Every show is a litmus test for the audience and inevitably they pass because the sound is so intriguing, wild, and unpredictable. Haas referred to Jacob Fred's relationship with the audience as one of "balance between being empty and bringing energy." The emptiness allows each musician to let "whatever's going on in the room come out of us," but the energy brought by each performer offers crowd members a chance to tune in to the Odyssey vibe. "

While looking through my referrers, I found someone got here via a Google search for '"jacob fred jazz odyssey" sucks'.  Now, of course, they don't, but I followed the link to see what sort of things would come up on such a search, and I found this nice article about them instead, and at the top of the list no less.  I thought I'd share it with you.