Halfpint Jones - Scientific Map

Halfpint Jones
Scientific Map

Based in South Bend, Indiana, HALF-PINT JONES is a five-piece band that combines elements of funk, jazz, reggae, brassband, and rock. The driving backbeat creates a solid mixture of New Orleans flavored funk brewed with jazz fusion and a pinch of reggae.
Half-Pint Jones firmly stands by the statement that they do not fit into any one category of music-and that's perfectly fine with them. Their music is a mixture of so many things; jam band, jazz, latin, reggae, rock, New Orleans funk. What brings it all together are the feel-good rhythms, lyrics with a message, unconventional horn lines and incredible story-telling solos.

Produced by acclaimed house/electronica artist Anthony Nicholson, the latest recording by Chicago genre-busters SCIENTIFIC MAP is a bold statement of the New Chicago Sound.
Moving between Afrobeat, funk, fusion, hip hop, new groove, nu-jazz, psychedelia, and R&B, "Power to the Babies" could only have been recorded in Chicago. Its stylistic fluency is a result of the varied artistic demands placed on musicians in such a culturally diverse city.
Bandleader/guitarist Matt Hudson describes the musical vision of the new album: "We're now experiencing the end of genre. Information from around the world is travelling to us so quickly that we're constantly exposed to new cultural and musical ideas. Musicians can't help but be influenced by this. If they're open-minded enough, the result is a cohesive, genreless sound that is fresh and new."
Throughout the album, Matt Hudson's playing demonstrates an innovative and nuanced re-imagining of jazz guitar that is influenced as much by Wes Montgomery as by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood. This stylistic diversity is reflected in the range of guest artists featured throughout, including rock'n'roll saxophonist Aaron Getsug (Hi-Fi & the Roadburners) and Pittsburgh R&B vocalist Gene Stovall.