Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey is less than a week away from the world premier of Ludwig, their project reinterpreting Beethoven's 3rd & 6th Symphonies using arrangements by Noam Faingold & JFJO. The project premieres with the 50 piece Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, June 12, kicking off the 26th annual OK Mozart Festival in the gorgeous PAC at the Bartlesville Community Center. Tickets are still available and can be purchased here.
Here's Brian Haas discussing the project and the Fred rehearsing with the full orchestra.
This special performance will be extensively recorded in its entirety for a full release on JFJO's Tulsa-based record label Kinnara Records. JFJO has partnered with Kickstarter to help raise funds for the video production of the event. Click here for more information on how you can help make the documentation of this historic evening possible.
A few days after the Ludwig premiere, JFJO begins their album release tour in support of their 20th album, Stay Gold, available from Kinnara Records as CD & double gatefold vinyl on June 22. here to watch a video featuring the title track and click here to pre-order the album.
