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The Jost Project

Paul Jost (vocals, harmonica), Tony Miceli (vibraphones) and Kevin MacConnell (acoustic bass) make up the jazz collective initially formed by Tony and Kevin, with the purpose of performing the rock music they grew up with in a jazz format. The seeds of this idea were planted in Tony’s 2005 recording “Hippie Jazz”. When Tony heard Paul, a multi-talented musician as well as vocalist, he felt such a strong musical connection that he invited him to be part of the group. Because of Paul’s strong musical influence and arranging talent, Tony and Kevin were convinced the group should have Paul’s name and they became The Jōst Project.

The combination fit and The Jōst Project grew in popularity. Tony’s vibraphone stirs echoes of the famed Modern Jazz Quartet with Milt Jackson. Kevin’s lyrical playing is an essential element and Jost invokes blues, mainstream, and scat stylings in his unique introspective way bringing out the emotions contained in the songs. It’s immediately evident that these skilled artists each bring their distinctive experience and approach to this blended collective.

About the Music:

Standards from the Great American Songbook and the mainstream jazz repertoire have long held sway in jazz performances. But the so-called “baby boomers” and subsequent generations came of age with rock and roll, the Beatles, hard rock, and other genres which are rarely played by jazz groups. While the harmonies are not necessarily in line with more recognizable jazz progressions, such music is well within the scope of the modal and melody-based jazz of Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” and other post-bop developments in jazz.

The ever-expanding repertoire of The Jōst Project include rock/pop classics as “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” (Iron Butterfly), “What a Day For a Day Dream” (John Sebastian; Loving Spoonful); “Sunshine Superman” (Donovan); “Walk This Way” (Aerosmith); “Tennessee Waltz” (Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King); “Come Together” and “And I Love Her” (The Beatles); “Kashmir” (Led Zepellin); “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” (Simon and Garfunkel); “Maybe I’m Amazed” (Paul McCartney); and “Can’t Find My Way Home” (Blind Faith). For good measure, jazz compositions like “Don’t Forget the Poet” (Encrico Pierannuzi); “Caravan” (Dizzy Gillespie); “Waltz New” (Jim Hall); and “Passion Dance” (McCoy Tyner) are also included in the group’s playlists. Give a listen to “Can’t Find My Way Home”, and you’ll get a taste of the unique sound of The Jōst Project and their exceptional artistry, originality and imagination. The group, while based in the Philadelphia area, is available for bookings both nationally and internationally.

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Live Review

Jost Project Performs at Jazz Near You House Concert

Read "Jost Project Performs at Jazz Near You House Concert" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


The Jost Project Jazz Near You Inaugural House Concert Lansdale, PA October 24, 2014 All About Jazz Founder and Publisher Michael Ricci recently innovated a world-wide program to facilitate and co-create musical events in the intimate setting of people's homes where the householders serve as hosts, hiring musicians to provide a day or evening of performance. The program will utilize the resources of Jazz Near You--an offshoot of All About Jazz ...

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Jazz Near Me

The Jost Project: Finding Its Way Home

Read "The Jost Project: Finding Its Way Home" reviewed by Gloria Krolak


The Somers Point Jazz Society threw a first album release party for the newly-formed Jost Project at Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro this fall. Can't Find My Way Home, the CD is titled. The venue offers a seaside bar on one side and its opposite on the other, a rentable banquet room with brocade upholstered chairs. The quartet was finishing dinner in the big, dimly lit room in a kind of pre-game huddle. When they broke, bassist Kevin MacConnell ...

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Album Review

The Jost Project: Can't Find My Way Home

Read "Can't Find My Way Home" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Rock 'n' roll and The Beatles created serious challenges for jazz. Soul funk, folk and the rock explosion of the 1960s and 1970s left jazz with an even smaller slice of the pie. Many jazz artists jumped to cover pop tunes of the day, often falling ungraciously between two stools. In recent years contemporary jazz artists have increasingly eschewed traditional standards, instead looking to the songs of Paul Simon, Nik Drake, Tom Waits and Radiohead, for example, for new inspiration. ...

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Event

Jost Project to Perform at First Jazz Near You House Concert

Jost Project to Perform at First Jazz Near You House Concert

Source: All About Jazz

Philadelphia, PA: The Jost Project with Paul Jost, Tony Miceli and Kevin MacConnell will appear at the home of All About Jazz and Jazz Near You founder, Michael Ricci on Friday, October 24th. The house concert program represents a new direction for Jazz Near You which plans to develop additional performance opportunities for musicians while creating a more intimate and enhanced listening experience for jazz fans worldwide. Seating is limited, so secure your tickets now at closeup.fm (preferred) or EventBrite. ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Near You House Concerts Kicks Off with The Jost Project on October 24

Jazz Near You House Concerts Kicks Off with The Jost Project on October 24

Source: All About Jazz

An International Launch Takes Place In Philadelphia Area Jazz Near You Home Concerts With The Jōst Project — October 24, 2014, 7:00-9:00pm. Tickets available at Closeup.fm or EventBrite. jny: Philadelphia, PA – According to Michael Ricci, founder and owner of All About Jazz and Jazz Near You, the largest jazz web-based network in the world, jazz musicians need more performance opportunities. So, from his headquarters just outside of Philadelphia, he’s creating a network of affiliates around the world to host ...

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Contest

Enter "The Jost Project - Can't Find My Way Home" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Enter  "The Jost Project - Can't Find My Way Home" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Dot Time Records “The Jost Project - Can't Find My Way Home“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on October 20th. Click here to enter the contest

(Becoming a fan of The Jost Project at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Dot Time Records About The Jost Project and Can't Find My Way Home

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Crowdfunding Campaign

The Jost Project Plays The Music From The '60s - Support it at Kickstarter!

The Jost Project Plays The Music From The '60s - Support it at Kickstarter!

Source: Tony Miceli

Support The Jost Project - “Can't Find My Way Home" Kickstarter Campaign We’re a band devoted to jazz and hope to reach a generation of rock fans in a style that will introduce them and pull them into our world. What’s our goal? To create a whole new connection between the music of the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Donovan, Simon and Garfunkel, the Beach Boys, and jazz. We love it when fans of such songs as “Walk This ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Can't Find My Way Home

Dot Time Records
2013

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Walk This Way

From: Can't Find My Way Home
By The Jost Project

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