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About Me

Jason Crowley has been playing guitar for long time on the east coast and west coast. Jason is going to be releasing some new material featuring drumming from Chad Wackerman (Frank Zappa, Allan Holdsworth, Andy Summers, Steve Vai) More mp3's on that project coming soon. Jason has collaborated with drummer Calvin Weston (Ornette Coleman, Derek Bailey, James Blood Ulmer, Marc Ribot), there is a link on this page to check out their virtual project. Jason is also working with Stephen Egerton from Descendents, All. That new project is called Crowley/Egerton, look forward to more new music coming soon. Stephen is covering the drums and the bass and is writing some great tunes. JC is lending his guitar parts and ideas. They're creating some interesting Punk/Avant/Rock music..it's breaking the rules so check it out. Jay also played with Greg Ginn (Black Flag) Joe Wood (TSOL) East coast bass monster Jon Ross (Kim Wilson, Kid Ramos, Duke Robillard) Bill Bronson (Swans), Mark Sims (Nels Cline, Ben Harper) B3 player Pete Mazich (Mike Watt), jammed with Lee Rocker (Stray Cats), Hunt Sales (Iggy Pop, David Bowie) Greg Kurstin (RHCP, Beck) Jeff Littleton (Herbie Hancock, Pharoah Sanders) Elvez, Rommi Jaffee- keyboardist, Doug Sanborn a great drummer who has played with The Untouchables, Kotton Mouth Kings, and many more, Jimmy Ford another great drummer, Daniel Gadberry..very good friend and bass player, Joe Bagg, Edmund Valasko, Jotti Johnson, Lorka Hart, Steve (Sully) Osullivan (drummer and B3) Mike Savitkas, Jeff Morris. He has always combined styles and come up with new sounds for a long time. Played in many clubs on the east coast and west coast. Now is the time for more people to hear some of his original music. Jason will reply to e mails and friend adds as time permits. We thank you all for the friend adds and support, it's greatly appreciated.

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Member Since: 2/8/2007
Band Members: Please see Bio section for musicians that Jason has performed with.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
Influences: Grant Green, Mingus, Dolphy, Monk, Ken Vandermark, David S. Ware, Paal Nilssen, Peter Brotzmann, Han Bennink, Miles Davis, James Blood Ulmer, Ralph Towner, John Gilmore, Paul Motion, Bill Evans, Derek Bailey, Elvin Jones, Paul Bley, Robert Fripp, Nels Cline, Sonny Sharrock, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jim Hall, Tal Farlow, Buckethead, Sam Rivers, Sun Ra, Black Flag, Wes, Cecil Taylor, Decoding Society, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bern Nix, Cecil Taylor, Charles Ives, Bartok, RL Burnside, Ornette Colem, John Abercrombie, Charlie Haden, John Coltrane, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Greg Ginn, Vernon Reid, Muddy Waters, Junior Kimbrough, Bill Frisell, Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca. Life....
Record Label: Currently Shopping
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My Blog

New track up tentatively called Oct 08 and Nice Waffles features Jeff Reilly On Drums

Hi,From a live session in LB. Jeff Reilly is on drums he has played, toured, recorded with Chris Duarte. He's a great Jazz player as well. Really have enjoyed playing with him and doing more together ...
Posted by Jason Crowley on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:23:00 PST

Drums on Tree Branch are from Jerome Deupree

Hi Everyone,Haven't had a chance to update some of this. Jerome is a great drummer, his work with Joe Morris is really inspiring. I suggest Joe Morris as part of my recommended listening list. He's go...
Posted by Jason Crowley on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:37:00 PST

Notes on new tracks with Chad Wackerman and Calvin Weston

Hi,Quick notes. More later, but, My Gypsy Lover has Calvin Weston on drums, I'm covering bass and guitar on these tracks. On Raven, Lightbulb is Chad Wackerman on drums. More notes later, pretty busy ...
Posted by Jason Crowley on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:13:00 PST

Attention All Tele Players Check Out Bill Hullett!!

Hi Everybody,Bill has a cd called Two Lane Blacktop, unreal tone, phrasing, vibe, great playing. It's on amazon right now but, he's on my top friends check him out. You might have already heard him wi...
Posted by Jason Crowley on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:11:00 PST

Posting a few clips of the Durham Electronics Sex Drive Pedal

Durham Electronics is making some of the best pedals on the market right now. They're out of Austin, all hand made. I'm putting up some quick clips so you can hear how it sounds. Just a Deluxe 65 reis...
Posted by Jason Crowley on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:23:00 PST

Heres two guitarists named James and Jim that I think u should know more of

Hi,Here's two guitarists worth checking out if you haven't already:James Wilsey, as in "Wicked Game" his new cd El Dorado also on iTunes is one of the best I've heard in years, for tunes, tone, feel, ...
Posted by Jason Crowley on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:49:00 PST

For Blues, Straight Ahead Jazz please see pages below

More straight ahead Jazz coming soon on pages below as well. Thanks for listening. JC
Posted by Jason Crowley on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:56:00 PST

Austin!

Got to see my bud Chris Duarte tear it up, great player. Redd was amazing as usual. If you like country/swing/blues/rock..Redd is the man! here's a link to his webpage:http://www.reddvolkaert.com/ gr...
Posted by Jason Crowley on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:24:00 PST

Jason Crowley And Steve O'Sullivan New One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYOwr0byKfg Jazz Rock Experimental. Check it out! More info coming soon....
Posted by Jason Crowley on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:04:00 PST

Quick Notes On Threshold and Never Ending Faith In Chaos

Duo tracks, sounds like more going on due to the use of the Jamman pedal. You can do live looping or pre loop. It's a great pedal, mainly I'm using it for looping bass parts when I need to. Sully is p...
Posted by Jason Crowley on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:08:00 PST