Artist description JJASON BLACKWELL: A collective of individuals that came together to break new ground in music arts. The collective prides it self on bringing much more than mere audio recordings to the table but also a live performance that out shines mere audio recordings. Live performing is one of the key staples of what makes JJASON BLACKWELL what it is.

Music Style Urban Experimental

Musical Influences Life

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Artist History What started as a couple of chance or fate meetings at some of Atlanta's underground black Poetry spots, a mere plan to meet and record underground urban poets by A young black former punk rock guitarist turned producer has grown in to a hard hitting honest performance/recording art collective over the course of three years. Performing with artist in there earlier days like India Arie & Cody ChesnuTT to seasoned artist like Me'shell Ndegeocello & Doug E. Fresh JJASON BLACKWELL has become hands down one of the most free spirited urban underground acts in the soul/poetry/hip hop art scene of Atlanta's underground. ____________________________________________________________________ Here are just some of the Pro artists JB has performed on stage with: India Arie, Cody Chesnutt, Donnie, Dionne Farris, Doug E. Fresh, Jazzyfatnastees (Okayplayers) , Tony Rich Project, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Saul William ( poet /actor ), Ursula Rucker ( poet on The ROOTs CDs )

Group Members Angela - Known simply as "The big Voice" in JB. Her electrifying performance is nostalgic in that it often inspires memories of the classic soul singers of yesteryear. Angela plays piano, worked in Music Theater, and gospel choirs always singing lead even joined and worked with a military band entertaining the ARMY on her off time. This classic soul diva also lived several years in Europe recording and performing as a house and techno Artist for German-based major labels like BMG and Warner Bros. ____________________________________________________________________ Javon Green - After hearing the southern drawl of Sticky Fire Fire Green there's no doubt he's a native of the Dirty south (Savannah, GA that is). Javon's contribution to JB is unique in that he can sing a soulful funky tune, kick a wicked rhyme, hit you up with a beat from an African djembe or a drum pad, or transform into a human sampler. And not unlike the others javon has also worked in musical theater. ____________________________________________________________________ Lionell - X -punk rock guitarist is the brainchild of JB, L-train can play every thing from guitars to drums to programming music on a MAC. He writes and arranges music and lyrics with JB and has working technical know-how in the studios of today. L-trains goal is simple: to change the face of music, as we now know it. ____________________________________________________________________ Thomas Bess Jr.- True performance art and charisma is what T. Bess brings to the table. A child of performance art school and musical theater Thomas possess a solid foundation in the arts. He's all about the art, with the soul of a dying breed. From the pimped-out nature of his wildest lyrics, to the solemn introspective tone in others... Thomas's mind dwells freely, contemplating life through his music.

Instruments Heart & Soul

Albums UrbanExperimentalist :This CD is what first brought the group together and was originally intended to be poetry computation. Some people fail to understand this very important factor when hearing the first CD.

Press Reviews VIBES | LIVE REVIEW Soul chemistry Jjason Blackwell drops science at Urbanexperimentalist BY MATTHEW HUTCHINSON Creative Loafing Apache Cafe, Dec. 7 -- The second "j" is probably the only silent thing about Jjason Blackwell, a group so large it needs a bigger font here. Jjason Blackwell, a creature so raw it bleeds egg yokes. Jjason Blackwell, a soul beaker glowing so red it ignites stages with the wide-eyed excitement of a junior-high pyro leaning over a Bunsen burner's blue flame. At a time when "performer" has come to mean the guy who bobs his headphones hardest, JB hit the stage at last Friday's Urbanexperimentalist event with the punchy abandon of another mad soul scientist with those initials. Channeling the energies of the godfather's generation, Jjason Blackwell proved that the much-hyped neo-soul movement of late is perhaps less neo than it is just soul -- a word whose definition has never really changed. Jjason Blackwell's stripped-down instrumental approach consisted only of an acoustic guitar and drum kit. Angelic vocalists Azure and Angela began the performance, wailing a thick, harmonized spin on "Purple Haze" that rang with the delicious dissonance of the original. Male vocalists Javon and Thomas hit the stage with the kinetic nerves of a newborn emerging from the womb -- all painful expressions and flailing limbs. Despite its consistent high energy, JB's set was an exercise in shifting dynamics, ranging from soulful spoken word reflections to mad four-way choral throwdowns. "Paranoid" offered spot-on female harmonies from Azure and Angela in a slow, thoughtful and disarmingly beautiful melody. "My Sun Doesn't Shine Like It Used To" found the drummer trading rhythms with the vocal beatboxing of Javon. Javon's non-lyrical vocal skills would be on display all night, as in the charismatic insanity of "Planet Earth," a song that flipped from determined storytelling to structured chaos several times over. Javon's "live or Memorex?" vocal scratches on the tune had the audience looking for a set of turntables hidden in the wings. While each member of the group had such distinguished moments, there was never really a featured performer or "frontman" to be found. Perhaps this was the key to the group's wicked chemistry. At times, the four vocalists supported one another. Other times, they played off one another. But they always locked into something live and very real. Lionell created huge musical frameworks for the vocalists on his classical and acoustic guitars. The drums had that ?uestlovian "competing with the machine and winning" quality -- turning on a dime from downtempo drum 'n' bass to uptempo bounce as if his limbs were sequenced by some divine producer.* Indeed, the whole performance was a reminder of how energizing great live music can be. Jjason Blackwell's charm came in the fact that its six members wholeheartedly believed in what they were doing, and made no indication otherwise. From the looks of things, the audience believed in them as well. It will be interesting to see how large the congregation of the church of Jjason Blackwell might grow. _______________________________________________________________ MORE REVIEWS ON OUR LINKS PAGE...

Additional Info We just want to move the people.

Location Atlanta, GA - USA

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