Joseph Perez and Technical Blak

About Me

ModMySpace Profile CustomizerWhy do I call my jazz sextet "Technical Blak"? Well, I think it sounds cool. That's it. And the philosophy of the music we create is just that, make something that sounds cool. Something that grooves. Something that swings. The music is demanding, yes, but I'll leave that intellectual theorizing to (as Benicio Del Toro's character in "Swimming With Sharks" might say) "the Wall-Street wimps". We want people to enjoy it, nothing more, nothing less.The individual credits of the people in the band are impressive, the resumes long (short list: Beyonce, Clark Terry, Wynton Marsalis, Junior Mance, Snoop Dogg, George Coleman, Paquito D'Rivera, Hank Jones, and that's the SHORT list). But that wouldn't mean anything if the melodies weren't catchy. The rhythms in the pocket. So just listen, and if you like, download and drop me a line...and make sure to stop back for upcoming shows.........................OTHER PROJECTS: Make sure to visit the BLACK DIAMOND ORCHESTRA here on MySpace (in my friends). I'm the musical director/arranger for this group, which is dedicated to the jazz of the 1920's. The orchestra includes some of the finest jazz musicians here in NYC including saxophonists Alex Harding and Bill Easley, trombonist Roland Barber, and pianist Lafayette Harris. I'm proud to be involved with it.You can also listen to more tracks by the band here...Joseph Perez and Technical Blak musicand read our press kit here...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/26/2006
Band Website: perezsound.com/new
Band Members: My sextet includes: Keyon Harrold/Mark McGowan (trumpet), Dion Tucker (trombone), Manuel Valera (piano), Matthew Rybicki/Jasper Leak (bass), and Jerome Jennings (drums)
Influences: The Short List: Saxophonists Hank Mobley, Eddie Davis, Sonny Stitt, Von Freeman, Lester Young, Joe Henderson, Paul Gonsalvez, Wayne Shorter, Toddy Williams...Writers/Band-leaders/Bands Mulgrew Miller, Wynton Marsalis, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Black/Note, Duke Ellington, Darrell Grant's "The New Bop", and Charles Tolliver (and of course many many more)
Sounds Like: Hopefully somthing you like...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

WHAT I’M LISTENING TO...New Years’ Edition

Hey Friends, Happy new year to all of you. I hope whatever and however you celebrated was a joyous event and I wish nothing but the best for all of you. The last few months have found me i...
Posted by Joseph Perez and Technical Blak on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:29:00 PST

WHAT I'M LISTENING TO...2/17/07

Hello Friends,It's been a while since I made this list. My band and I have been working steadily and I guess just let this blog start slipping to some degree. But since a few of you had asked when I...
Posted by Joseph Perez and Technical Blak on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:16:00 PST

WHAT I'M LISTENING TO 1/17/07

Hey friends, here's what i'm listening to at the moment.....1. Terence Blanchard "Romanctic Defiance": While he has/had major label contracts, numerous film scores, and a stint with the Jazz Messeng...
Posted by Joseph Perez and Technical Blak on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:17:00 PST

Get Your Motherf!@$in' Dog of My [email protected]' Plane!!!

Hello friends,I rarely use this forum to rant on personal issues (and I have many) but this seems too big of an issue not to make a public matter of...I was sitting in the Jetblue terminal at JFK awai...
Posted by Joseph Perez and Technical Blak on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 07:54:00 PST

WHAT I'M LISTENING TO 12/11/06

Hey friends,I'm keeping it simple this time, no long drawn-out rant of what I think about the music......so without any further ado.......1. John Jenkins, Clifford Jordan, and Bobby Timmons --"Jenkin...
Posted by Joseph Perez and Technical Blak on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:27:00 PST

WHAT I'M LISTENING TO 11/28/06...Thoughts on Trane

There is only 1 album on this list because I've been thinking about this one quite a bit. It's made me ponder the significance of one of the music's main figures and the under-valueing we tend to hav...
Posted by Joseph Perez and Technical Blak on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:11:00 PST

WHAT I'M LISTENING TO 11/21/06 and A RANT

This week seems to be dedicated to some saxophonists who aren't as recognized as some others......but I'm finding these albums to be some of my favorites so far....1. Frank Strozier "Fantastic Frank ...
Posted by Joseph Perez and Technical Blak on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:08:00 PST

WHAT I'M LISTENING TO 11/12/06

Hello Friends.....Without a doubt this week was the craziest I've had in a long, long time.......full of extremely high highs and very low lows...Thankfully, music always makes sense of the world for ...
Posted by Joseph Perez and Technical Blak on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:27:00 PST

Non-Jazz Edition of "What I'm Listening To" 10/25/06

Since Jazz isn't all that I listen to, or what has influenced my music, I've decided to go delve into the other kinds of stuff I've been listening to....1. The Fugees "The Score": I've come to the r...
Posted by Joseph Perez and Technical Blak on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:54:00 PST

WHAT I'M LISTENING TO 10/18/06

Ellis Marsalis "The Classic Ellis Marsalis"Jimmy Greene "True Life Stories"Freddie Hubbard "Here To Stay"Paul Gonsalvez "Gettin' Together"Mulgrew Miller "Live at the Kenndy Center Vol.1"...
Posted by Joseph Perez and Technical Blak on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:22:00 PST