Project Z Discography of CDs

Project Z music CDs This is a prime example of collective improvisation without a roadmap, executed by a group of kindred spirits and like-minded daredevils who thrive on the extreme edge. With a core group consisting of Atlanta renegades and Aquarium Rescue Unit, Allman Br Audio Mixer: Jeff Bakos. Liner Note Author: Bill Milkowski. Recording information: ZAC Studios, Atlanta, GA (03/2002). Author: Bill Milkowski. Editors: Jimmy Herring; Benjamin Price. Photographers: Michael Weintrob; Flournoy Holmes. Project Z: Ricky Keller (bass guitar); Greg Osby, Jason Crosby, Jimmy Herring, Jeff Sipe. Personnel: Jimmy Herring (guitar); Greg Osby (alto saxophone); Jason Crosby (keyboards); Jeff Sipe (drums).

Project Z discography Imagine what would result from a recording session in which top-drawer musicians who favor improvisation are given no boundaries, rules, restraints, pressures, or expectations when they head into the studio. Imagine how psyched Jimmy Herring, Jeff Sipe, and Ricky Keller were when that opportunity presented itself. The three are among the top players on the scene, and they -- and listeners -- have Atlanta-based Terminus Records owner Jeff Bransford to thank for giving them free reign to take the ball and run with it. Bransford is a longtime fan of Aquarium Rescue Unit (ARU), a band both Herring and Sipe are former members of. He was also no doubt witness to the Monday-night jam sessions in Atlanta in which Herring, Sipe, and Keller allowed no discussion of songs or style prior to plugging in, which is where Project Z was born. The recording debut from Project Z is all instrumental and all original. Terminus told the artists they could record anything they wanted to and it would be released, and although no particular audience was targeted, the album has some similarities to the trio's former bands (ARU, Jazz Is Dead, Phil Lesh & Friends, the Allman Brothers, and Leftover Salmon). It is experimental, progressive, funky, and a ...