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DIVERSE FEATURING LOGAN RICHARDSON

This is just a reminder to everyone that Diverse will be having a show featuring the great Logan Richardson on Monday, December 14th at the Record Bar. Go to www.showigniter.com for a special $6 pledge price now!!! Otherwise, it’s $10 at the door and $6 for students at the door.

We now have an official band channel - subscribe! Tell your friends!

http://youtube.com/diversejazz

This is an interview I did with Jason Crane on the Jazz Session which is part of All About Jazz:

http://thejazzsession.com/2009/11/18/the-jazz-session-111-diverse/

-Hermon

Thanks to Jordan and Jeff for the videos!

Hello to all – Diverse -

enough cannot be said about the show Sun. nite! Permit me to ‘gush,’ i
have to call it like i see it… The music blew me away. The first
time i saw you was at the Jefferson City Jazzfest and i was instantly
a fan, as was my son Jordan. I met you at the health food store -
we’re owners there. But this show was extraordinary. I really believe
it’s taking jazz to yet another level. The multi layering in your
compostions and the awesome muscianship is second to none. We could
have listened for hours more.

Perhaps a good example of the sheer amount there is to listen to, for
me, is in the fact when we applaud after a solo, sometimes i’m caught
between the solo or what i hear going on in the rhythm section!? As
fine a rhythm section as i have ever heard… So many moments the bass
and drums blew me away… Every instrument is outstanding… You guys
have to put out a live album!!!

Maybe i can sum it up this way – after the first set some guy i was
talking to said, ‘you know i don’t know jazz, but was that astounding
or what?’ I told him that he was hearing right. He called the last
song in the first set ‘spine-tingling,’ and i agree. I’m not sure of
the name of that one, but it blew me away also, in a way i can’t
remember in 40 yrs of listening to music….

Another customer that came on my say so (who also isn’t that into
jazz) said to me – ‘I will forever trust your opinion on music!’ That
says much more for you guys than it does me, for sure.

The great thing is, whether you listen with a musician’s ear, a love
of jazz or not, anyone would totally enjoy and be awed by the gift of
talent (& appreciate the hard work) that you guys have been given.
Diverse really is one of those musical gems…

Much love -   Jim Fallon & fam

posted by John Brewer

Diverse will be doing a show featuring the great saxophonist Logan Richardson on December 14th at the Record Bar. Submit the suggested donation of at least $6 to www.showigniter.com. This price is discounted from the door price of the actual night, so pledge soon!

We will be doing a CD Signing and Performance at Streetside Records on Broadway in Kansas City this Saturday at 2 PM. Stop by and hang out!

Diverse had a wonderful time at our CD Release Party in Columbia, MO, this past weekend. Thanks to all who came out and supported us. Here is a video of one of our biggest fans, Jordan Fallon (who hails from my hometown of Jefferson City!!!), playing along to our “Untitled Hit Tune”.

Here is a video of part of our sound check on the Charlie Parker tune “Diverse”:

Diverse will have a mid-Missouri CD Release Party this Sunday, November 1st at Murry’s Restaurant in Columbia as part of the “We Always Swing” Jazz Series. The show starts at 7 PM and will consist of two sets. Tickets are $14 Public, $7 Students. Buy tickets now!

You can buy tickets here: http://www.ticketmaster.com/Diverse-tickets/artist/929614
Tickets are also available by phone: 573-449-3001
MU Students can also go to the Brady Commons Box Office, which is a Ticketmaster outlet.

This is the area I grew up, so I’m looking forward to seeing a lot of people I know!

-Hermon