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| Location: | LITTLE NECK, New York |
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| Last Login: | Jun 30, 2008 (52 days back) |
About Me |
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| THE NEW YORK SKA-JAZZ ENSEMBLE The New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble (NYSJE) is an internationally renowned recording and touring group. Since the bands inception in 1994, they have released five CDs and they have performed regularly throughout Europe, Canada, USA, and South America. NYSJEs recordings and performances have garnered them critical acclaim for their high energy, creative originals, kinetic ska interpretations of jazz standards, as well as their potent mix of dance hall, reggae, rock steady and jazz. Performance highlights include: The North Sea Jazz Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival, The Quebec Festival de Musique, Musiques en Ete (Geneva), The Bob Marley Reggae Festival with Israel Vibration and Sister Carol, and The Discover and Bell Atlantic Jazz festivals in the U.S. In addition, NYSJE has the singular distinction of being the first American Ska band to play in Poland after the wall came down. The band had been featured in Downbeat, Reggae Nucleus, The Beat, Ragga and Jazziz magazines. NYSJE s music can be heard regularly on television-- on the Nickelodeon network, MTVs Road Rules, as well as two nationally airing Campbells Soup Commercials. In Italy, their video, Properly, airs on MTV. NYSJEs albums are distributed by Stomp Records in Canada, Megalith Records in the U.S., and Grover, Alternative+Brixton Records in Europe. This past summer(07) the band stormed through Europe once again playing 36 shows in Hungary,Czech Republic,France,Italy, Slovenia, Serbia, Lithuania, Belgium,Switzerland,Germany, Spain and more! The band returns this December for shows all over Europe. NYSJE is currently working on tracks for their upcoming CD slated to be released the Spring of 2008. The band puts on an incredible live show so check the tour dates page for upcoming shows in your area. FOR BOOKING INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT UNITED STATES rsfreddie@earthlink.net EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA, ETC. OH LORD Productions 3, Rue du champ fleuri 35310 CHAVAGNE - FRANCE Tél : 00 33 (0)299 64 33 10 Franck : ohlord@wanadoo.fr Fabien : fab.ohlord@wanadoo.fr BUY NYSJE SONGS ON ITUNES! (click picture and allow ITunes to launch) ALSO VISIT THE MEGALITH RECORDS STORE AT AMAZON.COM Mark Paquin plays KING trombones exclusively [ check out www.rudeboycorner.com ] NYSJE - SUMMER EUROPEAN TOUR 2008 JULY 11/07 - Barcelona (Spain) Nowa Reggae Festival + Luciano & Zion Train 12/07 - Montauban (France) Festival Jazz à Montauban + Beat Assailant & Tumi and The Volume 13/07 - Tours (France) Festival Terres de Son + Tiken Jah Fakoly & Micky Green 15/07 - Pfarrkirchen (Germany) Club Bogaloo 16/07 - Tolmin (Slovenia) Riversplash Festival + Midnite 17/07 - Pula (Croatia) Seasplash Festival 18/07 - Celje (Slovenia) Festival "Z Glasbo Do Vrelisca" 19/07 - Bosco Albergati (Italy) Festa Dell'Unità 20/07 - Cesena (Italy) Villa Silva 21/07 - Verona (Italy) Musica in Movimento 22/07 - Vienna (Austria) Arena 25/07 - Etziken (Switzerland) Etziken Open Air + Open Season 26/07 - Chambery (France) Festi'Vital 28/07 - Carcassonne (France) Festival De La Bastide 29/07 – Paris (France) New Morning 31/07 - London (UK) Underworld AUGUST 01/08 - Plymouth (UK) Maker Sunshine Festival + Dreadzone 02/08 - Erromo (Spain) XI International Ska-Reggae Festival + Jim Murple Memorial 03/08 - Bristol (UK) The Bierkeller 05/08 - Bilbao (Spain) Jazz Club 06/08 - Valencia (Spain) El Loco 07/08 - Madrid (Spain) Gruta 77 09/08 - Les Vans (France) Festival Ard'Afrique + Le P'tit Dernier 10/08 - Bersenbrück (Germany) Reggae Jam Festival + Ken Boothe & Dr Ring Ding 12/08 - Berlin (Germany) Lido 14/08 - Thuin (Belgium) Centre Culturel de Thuillies + Freddy Loco 15/08 - Haarlem (Netherlands) Haarlem Jazz Festival 16/08 - Budapest (Hungary) Sziget Festival / Stage Converse + REM, Goran Bregovic , Maceo Parker & Serj Tankian 17/08 - Nisville (Serbia) Nisville Jazz Festival 18/08 - Dubrovnik (Croatia) Club Orlando 19/08 - Kamnik (Slovenia) Kamfest 20/08 – Brescia (Italy) Radio Onda d'Urto 21/08 - Kassel (Germany) Schlachtof 22/08 - Zielona Gora (Poland) Roze Jazz Festival 23/08 - Vroutek (Czech Republic) Church(ill) Festival 24/08 - Antaprude (Lithuania) Regeneratorius Festival 25/08 - Szczecin (Poland) Tiger Club 26/08 - Hamburg (Germany) Hafenklang 28/08 - Helsinki (Finland) Liberté + Blaster Master 29/08 - Tampere (Finland) Klubi + Blaster Master 30/08 - Turku (Finland) Klubi + Blaster Master You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor ! |
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Music:Member Since: 7/3/2006Band Members: NYSJE 2008 "RockSteady" Freddie Reiter (saxophone, flute, vocals) Mark Paquin (trombone, vocals) Yao Dinizulu (drums) Alberto Tarin (guitar) Earl Appleton (keyboards) ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS Mitch Margold (keyboards) Cary Brown (keyboards) Gregg Leventhal (bass) Lee Archibald(guitar, bass, vocals) Chris Weigers (bass) PAST MEMBERS Johnnathan McCain (drums, vocals) Devon James (guitar) Victor Rice (bass) Rick Faulkner (trombone) Andy Stack (guitar) Pete Truffa (keyboards) Sheldon Gregg (bass) GiGi Degaspari (trombone) Don Mikkelsen (trombone) Dave Hahn (guitar) Mojo (keyboards) Dan Jeselson "Big Dan" (bass) Influences: Skatalites, Jimmy Cliff, Toots and The Maytals, Ethiopians, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Earth Wind and Fire, Doobie Brothers, Miles Davis, Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Led Zeppelin Sounds Like: NYSJE Live in Belgium Summer 2006 .. width="425" height="350" .. Record Label: Brixton (Spain) Megalith (US) Mosaic (France) Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Ska / Reggae / Jazz) |
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Summer 2008 European tour dates |
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| NYSJE - SUMMER EUROPEAN TOUR 2008 (updated June 11, 2008)JULY11/07 - Barcelona (Spain) Nowa Reggae Festival + Luciano & Zion Train12/07 - Montauban (France) Festival Jazz à Montauban + Beat Assailant ... Posted by New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble on Wed, 07 May 2008 07:20:00 PST |
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Pick our opening band! |
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| Check out these 5 bands and tell us which one is your choice to open for us at Club Europa in NY on April 10th. Voting ends Friday March 14th!www.myspace.com/reegalbeegalwww.myspace.com/mile21music
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Recording Update |
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| Just finished some organ and vocal overdubs this past weekend. Now the new CD is off to Valencia Spain with our guitar player, Alberto Tarin, for mixing and then it goes to Bilbao for mastering! Be ... Posted by New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:25:00 PST |
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Winter European Tour Dates Announced! |
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| Here is the most up to date list of our Winter European Tour 2007. We will update as shows are confirmed/added so check back often!NYSJE WINTER 2007 Tour Dates (updated December 11, 2007)06/12 Liege ... Posted by New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:47:00 PST |
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Recording Update |
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| So the recording sessions this week resulted in some great tracks! Alberto flew in from Valencia, Spain on Monday. Rehearsals on Tuesday and Wednesday were great. Tunes written by Alberto, Freddie,... Posted by New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:00:00 PST |
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new Summer 07 European tour dates added |
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| These are the currently confirmed dates for the NYSJE Summer 2007 European tour. More dates are being added daily so check back often.Line-up for the Summer 07 tour isRock Steady Freddie (as always!)... Posted by New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:23:00 PST |
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WINTER 2006 Tour Dates |
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| NYSJE December 2006 Tour (updated Dec 15)5/12.. Spain (Tarragona / Sala Zero)6/12 - Spain (Bilbao / Rekaldeko Gastetxea)7/12 - Spain (Gijon / Louie Louie Club)8/12 - France (Valence / Espace Franois M... Posted by New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:40:00 PST |
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