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- Formed: 1987
- Genres: Jazz
- Representative Albums: "Live at the Knitting Factory," "Live in Spain," "Implement Yourself"
The Jazz Passengers
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The Jazz Passengers are an American jazz group founded in 1987 by saxophonist Roy Nathanson and trombonist Curtis Fowlkes.
The band grew out of a partnership between Nathanson and Fowlkes in 1987, after the two had played with John Lurie's band The Lounge Lizards. Other regular members include vibraphonist Bill Ware, bassist Brad Jones and drummer E. J. Rodriguez; the group has often featured a violinist (Rob Thomas, Jim Nolet or, more recently, Sam Bardfeld). Guitarists Marc Ribot and David Fiuczynski played in earlier formations of the group. The album that is perhaps their masterpiece, the Hal Willner-produced In Love (High Street Records, 1994), features vocal contributions from Deborah Harry, Jeff Buckley, Jimmy Scott, Bob Dorough and Mavis Staples. Harry later became a regular member of the band, appearing on a number of follow-up albums, including Individually Twisted (which includes two duets with Elvis Costello). Recently the Passengers have recorded infrequently as a full ensemble, though the individual bandmembers' recent side projects tend to feature many fellow Passengers, as well as a similarly skewed musical sensibility.
In 2005, Nathanson composed a work commemorating the world's oldest object, a 4.404 billion year old zircon found in Australia. The work was performed by The Jazz Passengers at a "Rock Concert" held in Madison, Wisconsin in April of that year.[1]
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- Lo Galluccio (Rock Artist, '90s)
- Individually Twisted (1996 Album by Jazz Passengers)
- Live at the Knitting Factory (1991 Album by Jazz Passengers)
- Plain Old Joe (1993 Album by Jazz Passengers)
- Live at the Knitting Factory (1988 Album by Various Artists)
- Implement Yourself (1990 Album by Jazz Passengers)
- Jazz a Saint Germain (1998 Album by Various Artists)
- Requiem for What's His Name (1992 Album by Marc Ribot)
- In Love (1994 Album by Jazz Passengers)
- Lobster and Friend (1993 Album by Roy Nathanson/Anthony Coleman)
- Up Against It (2002 Album by Doug Munro and II V I)
- What Is Jazz? 1991 (1991 Album by Various Artists)
- Curtis Fowlkes (Jazz Artist, '80s, '90s)
- The Other Quartet (Jazz Band, '90s, 2000s)
