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Since it’s inception in Lawrence, KS in 2004, the progressive fusion band DOJO has been steadily working their way to the surface by striving to produce technical music that has soul or meaning. Named after the term used in Zen Guitar, DOJO is a special place for three gifted musicians to grow. In addition to a healthy diet of gigs, they have played several festivals including the 2006 and 2007 Wakarusa Music Festivals and BrewGrass Music and Brewery Festival. In 2006, the group performed in Favored Nations “Night of Pure Guitar” concert featuring members of Steve Vai’s band and NYC guitar wizard Rob Balducci. DOJO has also held the opening slot for ALO. DOJO has three records out including Live at the Jazzhaus recorded at their favorite hometown venue. DOJO’s music has been described as Van Halen meets Coltrane. The band’s latest release Studiojo would be a great way to introduce the band to you.

Brian Baggett

Brian Baggett is one of the most visible jazz guitarists on the Kansas City scene; he played well over one hundred gigs in 2007. He has worked with some of KC’s finest including Kerry Strayer, Bobby Watson, Todd Strait, Stan Kessler and OJT. He played on Bill McKemy’s release Om Nidrah which was Pitch Weekly’s Best Jazz Album of 2003. Brian has been a jazz guitar teacher since 1994 and a guest artist/clinician at several jazz festivals. He is the faculty guitar instructor for the University of Kansas Jazz Workshop since 2006. Brian has produced music for both television and videogames. In print, Brian has been featured in Guitar Player Magazine, Abstract Logix and JAM magazine’s cover story “Guitars Galore”. Brian recently studied with guitar master Reggie Wooten and he can currently be seen working in several groups including Ken Lovern’s O.J.T. and Alphabet.

Luke Stone

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Luke Stone has been an active member of the Kansas City/Lawrence music scene for over 15 years. Luke has shared the stage with many prominent musicians, including Jazz Mandolin Project, Karl Denson, and others. Luke has three studio releases under his belt in which he did all of the playing and production. He is a very talented musician and a skillful drummer who honed his skills studying with Doug Auwarter (Danny Carey) and Jeff Sipe. In addition to playing drums on Studiojo and the first DOJO album Place of the Way, he also engineered and produced both albums. In 2006, Hummer licensed Luke’s song No Backpacks Allowed for use in a training video. Luke is currently the drummer and general all around guy for Cosmopolitics.

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Dojo: Road Trip

Read "Road Trip" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Fusion--long a dirty word in jazz circles--has enjoyed a renaissance in the last decade. In part it's due to the advocacy of lables such as Abstract Logix but the root cause is surely the fact that cross-pollination is increasingly the norm. And whilst fusion mightn't mean quite the same thing it did in the 1970s, these days there's a healthy to-heck-with-it environment whereby jazz, rock, funk and progressive rock can all co-exist in exciting hybrid forms. Dojo is a case ...

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Guitar Legend Robben Ford Announces Guitar Dojo Camp with Sonny Landreth

Guitar Legend Robben Ford Announces Guitar Dojo Camp with Sonny Landreth

Source: Chris M. Slawecki

Few guitarists have simultaneously shattered the boundaries of blues guitar with the eloquence and melodic invention of Robben Ford and slide guitar visionary Sonny Landreth. From August 4 – 8, 2014, at the elegantly rustic Full Moon Resort in the Catskill Forest Preserve (about 30 miles west of Woodstock, N.Y.), enthusiasts and guitarists of all skill levels will receive a once in a lifetime opportunity to join Robben Ford and Sonny Landreth for four days and nights of personal guitar ...

Fusion on fire

With so many good jazz guitarists around the area, it’s a little surprising that we don’t hear much guitar-driven jazz fusion in our clubs and concert halls.

The band Dojo from Lawrence is ready to fill the gap. Powered by guitarist Brian Baggett, bassist Chris Handley and drummer Luke Stone, it plays the hard-edged stuff inspired by Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny and Jaco Pastorius �" with some Yes and King Crimson in the mix

Dojo will play the next concert in the Jazz & Beyond series at 8 p.m. Saturday at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 4501 Walnut St. Tickets cost $10. The concert is also a celebration of the release of its third CD, “Studiojo.”

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DOJO offers instruction on improvisation, group interplay, and gear suggestions.

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Road Trip

Self Produced
2014

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Road Trip

Self Produced
2013

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Studiojo

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