I was extremely lucky to study with Mick Goodrick, Gary Burton and Pat Methney at the Jamey Aebersold Jazz clinics in my late high school and early college years. “I started playing guitar with my cousins and friends when I was ten and have been bitten since then. He has blessed this recording with unbelievable performances with the strength and elegance of Shadowfax, driving creative, responsive, rhythmic energy and nuance making it a listening pleasure every time,” Jaskowiak said.Īs for himself, his first studio album serves as a capstone project for studies that began when he was just 10 years old. He is a drummer and percussionist extraordinaire, and it was an honor and a joy to work on this project with a giant in the rhythm and creative music world. “Larry has been a life-long friend since 1979. Jaskowiak has shared a friendship with Ortega since the late 1970s. This album shows the wide breath of possibilities of the harmonica in colors, textures, orchestrations, ferocity and beauty, like no other harmonica album ever recorded,” Jaskowiak said. He is a melodic force, performing melodies and solos with power, grace and bronco agility. “I met Joe at Joliet Junior College in 1984 as a guitar student and he has been a dear, encouraging and steadfast friend since. The recording process resumed in 2016 and concluded in 2020, followed by the mixing and mastering of the album in 2021.Īs the new album’s title, Friendship, indicates, these three real-life friends and music contemporaries reflects a true respect that each member has for one another. Some parts of Friendship were recorded in the 1990s and from 2000 to 2007, but the process was paused as Jaskowiak focused on his priorities as an instructor and as a student (he earned a master’s degree in music technology from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in 2015).
When we hear it, we can’t help but start moving to it.” Jaskowiak said. There is something inherent with good music. On each track, you can hear the conversational energy as the individual instruments work together and off each other. “Our style is very rhythmic and very responsive. Together, the trio produces a style Jaskowiak refers to as “thrashing acoustic”. Filisko provided all harmonica work and Ortega provided drums and percussion. Jaskowiak provided all guitar and bass work for the album, along with the vocals for the album’s only song with lyrics, “Delight”. Some of the album’s tracks such as “Song for the Princess” and “Even in Their Sleep” (the album’s oldest song) reflect themes of love and faith, while other tracks including “Big Skies, Majestic Lands” and “Bisbee Rain” pay homage to Jaskowiak’s travels to Arizona and New Mexico. The thirteen-track, 70-minute album opens with the energetic “Rejoice”, which sets the tone for a diverse collection of songs that showcase the talents of each band member while also telling musical stories about Jaskowiak’s life experiences.
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Friendship, the new album by USF digital audio recording arts instructor Jeff Jaskowiak and his trio-mates Joe Filisko and Larry Ortega, fits that definition, as well.įriendship, available now on CD and as a digital download at and, is a collection of songs drawn from the past five decades. – True friendship can be an endeavor of love, heart, passion, perseverance and timing.
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