While navigating 30 years,16 members, 27 albums, 11 European Tours and an approximate 300 shows a year in the U.S., Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey is an institution in modern music. Defined by evolution and change, the band defies any set genre. Forming in Tulsa, OK in 1994 as a funky octet with MCs and horns, JFJO became an instrumental trio in 1999, a quartet in 2007 and expanded to a 9-piece ensemble for 2011’s acclaimed Race Riot Suite. Celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2014, the band returned to the trio setting with two critically loved albums one of which, Millions: Live In Denver, sold out its International Record Store Day Release.  Now in its 30th year as a band, JFJO returns to the well known trio line up of Reed Mathis on bass and guitar, Brian Haas on piano, and Jason Smart on drums.  Known as the OG Jacob Fred Trio, this is the version of the band that took EVERYTHING to the next level.  This is the jazz trio that U.S. News and World Report called the “#1 New Star of Jazz in the World.”