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Thursday, May 3, 2018

More Gazebo . . .

. . . from GAZEBO [coming soon to a lobe near you] liner notes). . .

-All songs composed and performed by OHO (1990-2018) with the exceptions of tracks 7 and 17 used with permission: “Baltimore” (Randy Newman, Six Pictures Music), “Over, Under, Sideways, Down” (Jeff Beck, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf & Paul Samwell-Smith, Sony/Atv Music) with “It’s a Small World” (Richard Sherman & Robert Sherman, Wonderful Music Company, Inc.) --Sequence continuity by Michael M. Kennedy and Jerry Semler -Produced by OHO and Bill Pratt at The Bratt Studio, Woodlawn, MD. Additional recording by David Reeve at Blue Balls Studio, Stewartstown, PA; P. Daly German at his Back Room Studio, Baltimore, MD; Steve Carr at Hit and Run Recording, Rockville, MD; and David Kelly at Luna Blue Studio, Severn, MD.
-Front cover illustration by Connell P. Byrne; on-CD art by David W. Wilcox; photography by Cameron Reeve and David Norbut; back cover and left inside panel background: “Well Tempered Drummer” by Lena Samsonova; OHO logo design by Jon Considine ©2018 OHO Music
This one’s for Connell.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Gazebo . . .

. . . (coming to an auditory nerve near you SOON)

And here are the ladies and gentleman who made it all possible:

OHO:

David Reeve (drums, rhythmelodic deployment, vocals, engineering, keyboards, whistling)

Ray Jozwiak (keyboards, accordion, vocals) Jay Graboski (vocals, guitars, bass, mandolin, percussion, keyboards) and Bill Pratt (engineering, vocals, keyboards, whistling) with Steve Carr (bass guitar, 14; engineering, 9, 14, 18) John Cochran (bass guitar, 6) T. Craig Considine (trombone, 8) Denise Fischer (vocals, 3) P. Daly German (lead guitar, vocals, percussion, 4) Lisa Griffee (backing vocals, 13, 15) David Hughes (bass guitar, 2, 15)

Spencer Jozwiak (bass guitar, 12) Bruce Kovacs (french horn, 10, 13) Ric Levine (additional bass guitar, 6) Harry Maben (drums, 14) Gene Meros (sax, 7, 10, 16) Mark O’Connor (“Ivy Dog” groans, 12) Mary O’Connor Bruns (backing vocal, 14) Bill Phelan (electric 12 string guitar, 6, 10; pedal steel guitar, 4) Barry Lee Reichart (lead vocal, lead & rhythm guitars, 12) Wayne Rosenbaum (additional drums, 6) Kirsten Smith (backing vocals, 15)

Ted Staley (percussion, 15)

This one’s for Connell

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Monday, April 9, 2018

A Pairing . . .

. . . made in heaven . . .

OHO and Millstone Cellars

(from http://www.millstonecellars.com/)
MillStone Cellars is a farmhouse cidery that crafts all oak barrel-aged dry ciders. We focus solely on the production of rustic style ciders, cysers and meads, heavily influenced by the native yeast, microbes and local growing conditions. We source all of our ingredients within 150 miles of our cidery as well as growing and foraging our own. We strive to distill and preserve all things that make our region and climate unique, presented to you in a bottle of cider.

(from http://www.ohomusic.com/bio/)
21st Century OHO continues to play locally as a trio consisting of keyboardist/vocalist, Ray Jozwiak, drummer/percussionist/vocalist, David Reeve, and guitarist/vocalist, Jay Graboski. . . Where Words Do Not Reach - a comprehensive collection of OHO instrumental music from the early 1970s through the present is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho5

OHO at
MillStone Cellars
2029 Monkton Rd
Monkton, MD 21111
Phone: (443) 895-9991
7:30PM
Friday, April 13, 2018

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Sunday, December 31, 2017

How . . .

. . . is where we go . . .

(If you still have no plans, go to:
Sunday, December 31st, 2017
BOURBON STREET ON THE BEACH
Early New Year's Eve Party with OHO - 4:00PM
Coastal Highway & 116th Street
Ocean City, MD 21842
443-664-2896 [map]
Price: no cover
Enjoy Chef Barry's cajun-inflected cuisine and the folk/prog/jazz/rock/pop of Baltimore's iconic OHO before 2018 arrives. . .
Or have a great meal with some infectious music and get to bed early)

Waited all these nights for the day to come
Nevermore will I ever suck my thumb
Imaginary pains from my misery
Merely phantoms peopling my fantasy
I believe in everything good
Though my body feels its decrepitude

How is where we go.
Where is how we go.

Severing the strings of the puppeteer
No longer victimized by the petty fears
Swinging round the pole of infinity
Now I am “in the know”

How is where we go, where we go.
Where is how we go, how we go.
How is where we go, where we go.
Where is how we go, how we go.

Cupid hurled his dart; aim was true, hit its mark.
I know that I will never be the same.
Writes across my soul in a secret, sacred code,
Pouring cream so sweet into my tea
Chiming bells ring. See this living take wing.

My identity’s been revealed to me.
I am in accord with my mystery.
How is where we go, where we go.
Where is how we go, how we go.
How is where we go, where we go.
Where is how we go, how we go.Third-Hand Intelligence

OHO at Millstone Cellars November 2017

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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Still More . . .

. . . OHO music from Millstone Cellars (Monkton, MD) in November 2017 . . .

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Saturday, December 9, 2017

Plunge . . .

. . . Again . . .

At heaven's door we pick the lock

When all we had to do was knock
Though Alice she rattles her train of chains
The fetters are inward all the same

Take a look as you fall
Passing through another wall
Here is where the corn is cut
The wind comes down
Get off the pot
Get off the pot
Get off the pot

It's your world the way that you live
Eats the smile right off your face
You're not in Kansas anymore
I am the sheath I cry for more

Biding trends and waves of shock
The turbulence it turns me on
Nonetheless we're born and rocked
By divas, drunks and Barbie dolls

I signed up for high-wired acts
If I lose my balance just cut me some slack
I'm holding out for what can be
Emc squared possibility

Experience to be alive
The abstract now is literalized
You have dreams and nightmares to explore
Get the goods
Get off the floor
Get off the floor
Get off the floor

OHO, live at Millstone Cellars (Monkton, MD) November 2017

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Saturday, November 25, 2017

Millstone . . .

. . . performance by OHO of Dot On Your Door recently. . .

You’re living your ninth life time is running out
The blood of the lamb has dried and lost its clout
If you show no mercy, no mercy will be your
You’re dated and done for the dot’s on your door

On day one they marked you, put you on the list
Embroidered a burning red letter on your bib
You move with caution, the trap’s laced with lure
You’re dated and done, there’s a dot on your door

Cowards die a thousand times, the brave die only once
If ignorance is bliss, may your joy be out to lunch
If you were meant to hang in life then you will never drown
Dodging the left, the right one brings you to the ground

You’re using the right words, getting the response
Newton was right, you’re life’s a renaissance
Your impedimenta pile up on the floor
You’re locked in this room, There’s a dot on your door

Kissing your mother, digging in the dirt
Hoping something of your life will take root and give birth
The vine seeks the light, branches reaching through the clouds
Where love will prune and crown you, relieve you of your shroud

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Thursday, August 24, 2017

The Spice . . .

. . . of life is, of course, variety.

The etymology of the word itself bears that out.

(from http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=variety)

variety (n.) Look up variety at Dictionary.com

1530s, "change of fortunes," from Middle French variété and directly from Latin varietatem (nominative varietas) "difference, diversity; a kind, variety, species, sort," from varius "various" (see vary). Meaning diversity, absence of monotony" is from 1540s; that of "collection of different things" is from 1550s; sense of "something different from others" is from 1610s. In reference to music hall or theatrical performances of a mixed nature, first recorded 1868, American English.

variation (n.) Look up variation at Dictionary.com
late 14c., "difference, divergence," from Old French variacion "variety, diversity" and directly from Latin variationem (nominative variatio) "a difference, variation, change," from past participle stem of variare "to change" (see vary). The musical sense is attested from 1801. Related: Variational.

I discovered musical variations at quite a young age as my formal music education began at the age of seven. It seems to follow that I would be attracted to (and I now dislike using the word) 'jazz.' I remember reading about (and from) established and up-and-coming musicians within the genre when I took an interest in the mid-seventies. Many expressed a similar dislike, preferring to call their music simply, 'the music.' At the time I did not quite fully grasp the subtlety of that concept. Now I realize that I actually possess a great dislike of categorization of musical styles, although I do understand the necessity of it for commercial purposes and for discussion of music among those that do not personally create music.

So, you may ask, variations on what? I fear that, irrespective of my answer to that, you still will not believe me. Nevertheless, I do hope that you will listen. . .

Variations
©2017 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Friday, March 17, 2017

Shorty. . .

. . . another trombonist worth mentioning . . .

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombone_Shorty)

". . . Troy Andrews was born in New Orleans and grew up in the Tremé neighborhood. At the age of 4, he appeared onstage with Bo Diddley at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. . . In 2005, Andrews was a featured member of Lenny Kravitz's horn section in a world tour that shared billing with acts including Aerosmith. . . Andrews performed on "Where Y'At" as part of the Sixth Ward All-Star Brass Band Revue featuring Charles Neville of The Neville Brothers. . . In London, during the summer of 2006, Andrews began working with producer Bob Ezrin and U2 at Abbey Road Studios. This association led to Andrews performing with U2 and Green Day during the re-opening of the New Orleans Superdome for the Monday Night Football pre-game show. . . At the end of 2006, Andrews appeared on the NBC television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Leading a group of New Orleans musicians, he performed the holiday classic "O Holy Night". NBC released the single as a free download. . . In early 2007, New Orleans music magazine Offbeat named Andrews their Performer of the Year.. . was Best Contemporary Jazz Performer. Also in 2007, he accepted an invitation to contribute to Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino[7] on the track “Whole Lotta Lovin” along with Rebirth Brass Band, Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker and Lenny Kravitz. . . Since 2010, Andrews has appeared in six episodes of the HBO series Treme. . . In 2010, Andrews released the Ben Ellman produced Backatown (Verve Forecast), which hit Billboard magazine's Contemporary Jazz Chart at No. 1 and stayed there for nine consecutive weeks. . . In December 2010, Andrews curated a two-night Red Hot+New Orleans performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music to raise money for the New Orleans NO/AIDS Task Force. . . In September 2011, Andrews released the album For True as a follow up to his earlier album Backatown. . . (In) 2012 Andrews performed the National Anthem before the start of the NFL playoff game between the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons. Soul Rebels Brass Band invited Andrews to special guest on their Rounder Records debut record, Unlock Your Mind, released on January 31, 2012. On March 31, 2012, Andrews' single "Do To Me" was featured before both semi-final games of the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament on CBS. . . On May 19, 2012, Andrews received the President's Medal from Tulane University President Scott Cowen at the university's Unified Commencement Ceremony at the Mercedez-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. . . 2012, Andrews performed at The White House as part of the Black History Month celebration . . . 2014, Andrews performed at Musicares alongside Steven Tyler and LeAnn Rimes. On January 26, 2014, Andrews performed at the 56th Grammy Awards held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. . . He performed with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Madonna and Queen Latifah in a version of Macklemore's "Same Love". On February 16, 2014, Andrews and Orleans Avenue led the performance at Half-Time of the NBA Allstar Game, which was held at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. . . 2015 (he) made his feature film debut, recording the voice of the teacher Miss Othmar and the other adults in the Peanuts Movie . . . Andrews has performed twice for President Obama at the White House in 2015. . . 2016, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue were a supporting act for the Hall & Oates tour . . . 2017, Blue Note Records announced that the label had signed Trombone Shorty, His Blue Note debut, Parking Lot Symphony, is slated for release on April 28, 2017, the first day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fesitval. . . "

A resume that would choke a horse. . .

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Saturday, December 3, 2016

Tonight . . .

OHO, live at Bourbon Street On The Beach, Saturday, December 3, 2016
6:00 to 9:00PM
Original, rock/pop/jazz/folk-inflected music, a plethora of sophisticated cover tunes and some of the best food north of the Big Easy

Bourbon Street on the Beach

www.bourbonstreetonthebeach.com

11604 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City, MD 21842

(443) 664-2896

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Thursday, October 6, 2016

Andrew . . .

. . . White . . .

(from http://www.capitalbop.com/musician-profile-andrew-white-keeper-of-the-trane-is-a-living-legend-unknown-to-many/) ". . . Andrew White began his career as the leader of an innovative quintet on one of the world’s top jazz labels, then went on to record with McCoy Tyner and Weather Report and toured with Stevie Wonder. . . White hasn’t been as celebrated as certain other D.C. musicians is his refusal to compromise with the music industry. In an age when so-called DIY music production and promotion were unheard of, he founded his own label, Andrew’s Music. From there, he recorded, produced, pressed and disseminated his own records – more than 40 in all. He also used the label as a vehicle for publishing his writing, which has ranged from essays and “treatises” on music and life to adult fiction to an 850-plus-page autobiography. . . With the possible exception of Sun Ra’s El Saturn label, Andrew’s Music is the longest-lasting self-run, self-produced jazz record label in the world. . . “All of my records are still in print,” he mentioned, pulling out several shrink-wrapped LPs available for me to purchase. “If you’re interested, I also have copies of my autobiography for sale. Everything is in there, at least everything up till now.” . . . As I flipped through the impossibly thick autobiography, it quickly became apparent that this aging man had done it all, seen it all – most of which he had meticulously documented in the tome titled Everybody Loves The Sugar. Sitting down with me to discuss some important moments in his life, White pinpointed his freshman year in college as the beginning of his long career in music and the arts. . . Born in D.C. but raised in Nashville, Tenn., “I came back to Washington, D.C. to attend Howard University, where my father had gone to school,” White told me. “Within six months, I was already involved on the jazz scene – and I wasn’t but 18 years old.” With an intense interest in music, he majored in music theory with a minor in Oboe. But the music program at Howard in 1960 was vastly different from how it stands today. “Back then, there were no jazz musicians there,” White recalled. “This was before the Jazz Studies program had started. There were students interested in classical music and music theory, but it was primarily an educational institution.” . . ."

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Monday, August 15, 2016

Oh Yes . . .

. . . OHO . . .

Friday, August 26th, 2016
ELK RUN VINEYARDS
Wine Down Fridays Presents OHO - 6:00PM
15113 Liberty Rd
Mt Airy, MD 21771
USA
(410) 775-2513
Price: na

OHO rocks the vineyard once again, bringing their prog/folk/jazz/pop/rock original tunes and sophisticated, thought-provoking covers to Maryland's premier winery - Elk Run Vineyards. Great wine and great music. It's a win-win.

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Friday, June 17, 2016

Festive . . .

. . . festivities

. . . at the festival . . .

Saturday, June 18, 2016
Elk Run Harvest Jazz Festival @ Elk Run Vineyards
15113 Liberty Rd., Mount Airy, MD (United States) - Map
8004142513 Set: 12:00 PM
All Ages
Tickets: $15.00

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Friday, June 10, 2016

Gonzo . . .

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Ray Jozwiak - Gonzo Piano Calendar

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Sunday, November 22, 2015

Drop . . .

. . . by this Monday evening, November 23, 2015 at 7:15PM for the Monday Night Songwriters Showcase at Brewer's Alley Restaurant & Brewery (take the elevator on the right to the 2nd floor)

124 North Market Street Frederick, MD 21701 Telephone: 301-631-0089 Fax: 301-631-1874

http://www.brewers-alley.com/ where you'll hear Ray Jozwiak - Gonzo Piano open the show This Week with some Gonzo, Fractured Jazz and Improvisational Terror Tactics at the Piano

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