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Jesse Stacken

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About Me

Musician. Pianist. Composer. Improviser. Bandleader. Sideman. Practicer of Iyengar Yoga. Wanna-be Vegetarian. Drinker/brewer/student of finer green teas. Haiku poet.Go to www.jessestacken.com for more information.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/2/2006
Band Website: jessestacken.com
Band Members: Jesse Stacken Trio is: Jesse Stacken - Piano, Eivind Opsvik - Bass, Jeff Davis - Drums.Stacken/Knuffke Duo is: Kirk Knuffke - Trumpet, Jesse Stacken - Piano.
Influences: Matsuo Basho, Mohandas K. Gandhi, B.K.S. Iyengar, Fred Rogers, Thomas Morgan
Sounds Like: what is playing up there, and loads of mp3s at www.jessestacken.com
Record Label: Fresh Sound
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

In Rainbows

Most of you reading this already know what Radiohead is doing for their next album, In Rainbows.  But in case you don't know, they are releasing it on their own label as a pay-what-you- wish down...
Posted by Jesse Stacken on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:56:00 PST

Tonic

This is from the Downtown Music Gallery Newsletter:Dear DMG Newsletter SubscriberIt is extremely important that as many of you as humanly possible attend the below-mentioned demonstration and press co...
Posted by Jesse Stacken on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:48:00 PST

Bley on Coltrane

"I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of somebody ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have ruined a generation or two of trumpet players." - P...
Posted by Jesse Stacken on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:51:00 PST

Let them have it?

I am reading this book called "Is Jazz Dead? (Or Has It Moved To A New Adress)" By Stuart Nicholson. Not a bad book. It is a little redundant perhaps, but interesting points are brought up and explo...
Posted by Jesse Stacken on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:25:00 PST

Must have a desire to save the world.

Please read "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn. www.ishmael.org I also really enjoyed Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. www.jonathansafranfoer.com
Posted by Jesse Stacken on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:04:00 PST