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Brooklyn Hustle / Memphis Muscle
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Jump Back Jake
Brooklyn Hustle / Memphis Muscle

Digital Album - Bandcamp (320k MP3s, FLAC, Apple Lossless) , iTunes , Amazon , emusic , Rhapsody

CD - $10.00 + $2.50 US s/h

CD track listing: Easy Answers, The Flood, Too Cool For Love, Terrible Mistakes, Tennessee Maybe, Samson, Say A Prayer, I Won’t Leave The House, Pay Out On The Front End, Treasure, Don’t Wanna Go, X-Mas Time

CD also available via Amazon and CD Baby

LP - $12.00 + $3.50 US s/h

LP track listing: Easy Answers, The Flood, Too Cool For Love, Terrible Mistakes, Tennessee Maybe, Samson, Say A Prayer, I Won’t Leave The House, Pay Out On The Front End, Don’t Wanna Go

LP comes with 320 MP3 download card for all the vinyl album tracks plus two additional tracks: “Treasure” and “X-Mas Time”

LP also available via Amazon and eBay


BIO:

While the name Jump Back Jake is directly aligned with lead singer/guitarist/lyricist Jake Rabinbach, the band is no one-man act. Instead, the quartet (and sometimes sextet) prides itself as being a group of players along the lines of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section or the Hawks. To cement that fact, lead guitarist Jake Vest, bassist Brandon Robertson and drummer Greg Faison, were all doing time in other successful bands (The Third Man, Snowglobe, and Antique Curtains, respectively) when they were approached to join JBJ. All it took was hearing the heavy grooves and hooks Rabinbach brought with him to Memphis from Brooklyn to convince his brethren in soul to take up the cause. It was a sound both familiar and new that the others were excited to explore. The concept behind the band was pretty simple; in terms of what they didn’t want to do. They did not intend to record music on computers, they were dead-set against overdubbing their vocal harmonies, and they did not want in any way to resemble your standard over-blogged indie rock. Alternatively, the plan has always been to bring their lean, muscular swamp–boogie sound to dives, roadhouses, frat bars, and rock clubs throughout the mid-south to continue to develop and expand their musical chops with each show.

Formed in 2006, Jump Back Jake plays raw soul-flavored rock and roll with dance grooves and horn lines that tout a modern writing approach.

Their debut record, “Brooklyn Hustle / Memphis Muscle,” produced by Pete Matthews at the legendary Ardent Studios, is the first release from Ardent Music, the newly reactivated Memphis label that launched power-pop pioneers Big Star.

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Member Since: 2/3/2005
Band Website: www.jumpbackjake.com
Band Members:

"Jump Back" Jake Rabinbach: Guitar, Vocals

Greg Faison: Drums

Jake Vest: Guitar, Vocals

Brandon Robertson: Bass

Nahshon Benford: Trumpet

Paul Morelli: Sax



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JUMP BACK JAKE EPK - jumpbackjake.muxtape.com :

May 10, 2009 - f10 interview: singer/guitarist Jake Rabinbach (Jump Back Jake, Francis and the Lights) :

May 1, 2009 - For proof, check what should very well be their showcase track, “The Flood”. This song applies all the perfect amounts of JBJ’s several musical personalities, culminating in the band’s definitive song. If they can learn to wield this kind of power more often, they are looking at a very successful career - not just in Memphis, but maybe as far north as Brooklyn, too. (favorite10.com) :

April 29, 2009 - Jump Back Jake’s debut album is called Brooklyn Hustle/Memphis Muscle, and hot damn, indeed—it’s exactly as advertised. The record is inspired by classic soul and blues, full of good horny horns, a mighty Hammond B3, and guitar work both sweet and stinging, but it’s not the work of a nostalgia act, either...The band’s mission is to take that classic Stax sound and make it relevant right now. Mission accomplished. Brooklyn Hustle/Memphis Muscle is a party record in spots and a smoky late-night groover in others. (The Hits Just Keep On Comin')
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April 18, 2009 - Retro bands have always been cool, but also a bit of a novelty. The current wave of metal bands with a huge 80s influence may be fun for a time, but I doubt they’ll have any lasting value. When swing came back in the 90s, its popularity barely lasted a year. But then there’s a band like Jump Back Jake that does it in just such a way that has me saying, “This is really really good. If they make the right appearances, maybe people will actually grab a hold of them as something more than another little trend.” And the reason Jump Back Jake stands out is because they offer not just a rehashing of an old sound but a complex melding of a diverse range of sounds. In just one album, I can pick out elements of blues, ska, classic rock, gospel, country, 90s alternative, jazz, punk, Southern rock, and funk. If that hasn’t sufficiently confused you, keep reading. (Taking Over) :

April 2, 2009 - Jump Back Jake, a raw, horn-laced, Hammond-enhanced, smokey rock 'n soul outfit recorded at Memphis' famed Ardent Studios. Brooklyn Hustle / Memphis Muscle boasts meaty, seemingly live-in-the-studio retro-soul grooves (and a few acoustic asides) that would enhance the atmosphere of any respectable southern blues dive. (Never Get Out Of The Boat!) :

March 2, 2009 - Q & A with SXSW Artist Jump Back Jake (Austin Sound Check) :

Feb. 19, 2009 - For those out of the know, any definition of Mofro’s music contains words like front-porch, soul and Southern. Take that and add an ever so slightly more rocking edge to it, and you’re gonna be describing Jump Back Jake. (ninebullets.net) :

Feb. 16, 2009 - This group has remarkable vintage taste in covers and sound, they can play their instruments, and even such a jaded and unkind critic as myself would go hear them again. One of their favorite musical places to go is The Meters, Papa Grows Funk, and the Gamble Brothers -- the NOLA sound, which I don't mind at all (and neither did the MG's). Singer seems to like Ray Davies also. And a band that encores with the 13th Floor Elevators' hit record, with Jake playing the jug part on electric guitar? (The Daily Docket) :

Feb. 12, 2009 - Jump Back Jake: A Little Bit Of Rock With A Lot Of Soul (The Rock Dose) :

Feb. 4, 2009 - I think they are best represented by their song, “The Flood” which mixes county funk, blues and ska melody lines (played beautifully on horns) into one, gorgeous, Southern soul stew - delicious and nutritious (Blog - Of course, I could be wrong...) :

Jan. 28, 2009 - Brooklyn Hustle / Memphis Muscle is filled with brass augmented rock that will make your head bob up and down in appreciation (Here Comes The Flood) :

Dec. 30, 2008 - Best Albums of December 2008 (The Wheel's Still In Spin) :

Dec. 19, 2008 - Back to the future for Jump Back Jake (The Commercial Appeal) :

Dec. 18, 2008 - How I Got to Memphis: Jake Rabinbach followed his muse to Memphis and started an R&B band (The Memphis Flyer) :

Oct. 2, 2008 - Ardent Revival: The label that launched Big Star returns with a new secular-music imprint (The Memphis Flyer) :

Aug. 24, 2007 - From Montclair to Memphis: Jersey kid finds a home amid the sweet soul music of the South (The Commercial Appeal) :


Record Label: ARDENT MUSIC
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

WLEZ Mississippi Happening interview with Jump Back Jake

WLEZ Mississippi Happening interview with Jump Back Jake on April 23, 2009 in Jackson, MS before our show at the Ole Tavern. - http://jumpbackjake.com/?p=936
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:37:00 GMT

Live cover of Dark In My Heart by Lee Hazlewood

Every week for the next 5 weeks we're going to post a live cover for your streaming pleasure. First up, a live Lee Hazlewood cover - Dark In My Heart. Click the link below to stream... http://jumpb...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 10:19:00 GMT

Free live tracks from our show at Minglewood Hall

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Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 10:16:00 GMT

Thanks for coming out to Beale Street Music Fest!

http://jumpbackjake.com/?p=909
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 09:50:00 GMT

Jump Back Jake live at Beale Street Music Fest: Sat. May 2 - 2:30pm - Sam's Town Stage

Jump Back Jake live at Beale Street Music Festival at 2:30pm this Saturday, May 2 on the Sam's Town Stage!
Posted by on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:02:00 GMT

Jackson tonight, New Orleans tomorrow - Radio!

http://jumpbackjake.com/?p=895
Posted by on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:02:00 GMT

2nd Annual Roots Picnic

http://jumpbackjake.com/?p=881
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:13:00 GMT

How Could You (Francis and Jake R., 4-12-09)

http://jumpbackjake.com/?p=876
Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:59:00 GMT

Jump Back Jake Rabinbach w/ Francis and the Lights at the Levis/Fader Fort (2009 SXSW)

http://jumpbackjake.com/?p=858
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:57:00 GMT

2009 SXSW Recap!

Well. 8 shows, 200 Lone Stars, 2 plates of brisket, one order of Cisco's migas, one B string, and 5 days later, we have returned from SXSW stronger but haggard. Special thanks to the Memphis Music F...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:32:00 GMT