Jason
Paul Curtis On a hot Virginia night in June, 2009, and with only a sound
system, a microphone and a suit, Jason performed his first public solo gig.
Three hours of Sinatra, Italian and American Songbook later, the stage was set
for countless more engagements over the next five years.
Soon, he
was performing with DC-area big band, Swing Machine, and in 2010, he founded
Swinglab with pianist Ray Mabalot, drummer Woody Hume and Baltimore bassist,
John Dahlman.
In 2011,
the quartet performed two sets at DC's Twins Jazz and were immediately invited
to play the Christmas season at the Gaylord, National Harbor Hotel in
Washington, DC. Jason and the band continued with the Gaylord, playing over 64
nights in 2012. In November, 2012,
Jason
released his first full-length album, Lovers Holiday. With five originals and
two arrangements with Swing Machine, Lovers Holiday received across-the-board
critical acclaim and international airplay. Other venues through 2014 have included
repeat engagements at Lansdowne Resort (Northern Virginia's largest), Bethesda
Blues and Jazz, Blues Alley, The Willard Hotel, with the McLean Orchestra, the
National Building Museum, The Metropolitan Club and the White House Holiday
Tours in 2012 and 2013.
On June
20, 2014, Jason releases his second full length album, Faux Bourgeois Cafe,
welcoming bassist, Ephriam Wolfolk, Jr, saxophonist Dave Schiff and guitarist
John Albertson. Cafe includes eight brand-new songs by Jason.
"For
a guy who's relatively new to the jazz community, I'm humbled and thrilled to
be listed among the striving and thriving who are putting their best voice out
there for the world to experience.
"Faux Bourgeois Cafe" comprises an (almost) entirely original
song writing effort, and I hope you feel and appreciate the variety of energies
the band and I poured into each track. I
hope you like it, and I hope you have a great summer" says Curtis. Just came in, track 5, "Back of My
Mind" is featured on Italy's Animajazz this week!
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