Funk N Jazz Nite - July 23rd LATE, 2006
Fully Loaded & Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Fully Loaded is a Greasy Soul Funk all star band which features what are considered some of the hottest musicians on the Jam-Jazz-Funk scene today. This band was brought together by Cochemea Gastelum and Boom Boom Room (S.F.) for its first manifestation as a group in October 2005 for Boom Boom Room Presents Katrina Benefit Festival ("Frequinox Music Festival"). It is an evolved creation drawing its members and origin from the band 'MOTHERLODE' which had originally began in the mid nineties as part of a D.J. night at the original Casbah in San Diego.

AND now… 'FULLY LOADED' is an evolution of MOTHERLODE which has quickly surfaced and made a huge splash with an ever escalating 'buzz' surrounding their recent shows in SF. They are necessarily the band to see if you are a fan of solid groove music and electric Funk Rhythms that don't stop comin' at ya! Without hesitation in dropping into its eclectic mix of fiery tunes by legendary forefathers of Funk and Soul-Jazz such as Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jimmy Smith and David Fathead Newman, 'FULLY LOADED' absolutely took the crowd by its ears and propelled these elated revelers into an awe induced trance that brought the entire audience of over 600 revelers to its feet in a dance frenzy that lasted the entire show! To say that this band "nailed it" is a massive understatement of accolades.

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Jacob Fred returns to bring us some more of that aural insanity we all love. You really can't say it much better than Dave Segal of Jazz Times: "JFJO burns with a quiet intensity rather than dramatically explodes. The musicians play with a coiled looseness, improvising with quicksilver yet deliberate force. You can hear the band's power and inventiveness creatively eroding structure, and the tension produced from that is exhilarating. If JFJO isn't moving jazz forward, it is shifting its center of gravity interestingly askew."

JFJO has been concentrating on playing live performances throughout Europe and making a hell of bit of noise. If you saw last Wicker Park Fest's set, then you know this is going to be good, as some of the boys spent some time living in Wicker Park. This IS their only CHICAGO show this year. Don't miss it.

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Band Information
Fully Loaded
Adam Deitch — drums
Chuck Prada — percussion
Chris Stillwell — bass
Frank Catalano — saxophone
Anthony Farrell — keys
Will Bernard — guitar

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Brian Haas — rhodes, piano, melodica
Reed Mathis — bass, effects
Jason Smart — drums