Jason Hann Music
This is my debut solo CD that came out in 2005.
I'll post samples of it soon.You can also hear samples
and puchase it at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/hannjason
It's percussionfest all the way. No letting up here.
I wrote the arrangements and played all of the
drum parts. The CD booklet contains the stories
behind the compositions. All of the songs were
influenced by a teacher or a group that I've
encountered over the past number of years.
This is my homage to them and it's dedicated to
my good friend, Matthew Sperry (1968-2003)
I recorded this in 1998 for a West African Dance teacher
in Encinitas,CA. They are traditional West African rhythms
from the country of Guinea as taught to me by Lamine
Dibo Camara. There are 2 versions of each piece. The first
version of each piece is just to practice various movements
to. All of the rhythms of the first version start at a medium
tempo and gradually increase to "at performance" tempo.
The second version of each piece has very specific drum
phrases which go along with each dance movement for the
piece as taught by Nikola Clay and her dance teacher
Abdoulaye Camara. You can also hear samples at:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/jasonhann
This project was released as of March 2006 for the label
Sounds True. I collaborated with Craig Kohland, from
Shaman'sDream, to put together a downtempo electronica
CD using singers,and ambient/environment sounds,
from various regions of Africa.The singers are from
Senegal, Benin, and Congo. I co-wrote the songs
with them and I'm playing most of the synths, bass, and
percussion. It's my first true multi-instrumental recording
since Bitoto, an African Soukous band I was part of that
was based out of San Diego in the early 90s. I was
happy to have one of the singers of that group, Dido
Tshibangu, sing 2 songs on this outing. You can hear
samples and purchase the CD at Amazon.com.
Yamama is the follow up to my "Guinee Fare"
CD. All of the djembe rhythms come from West
Africa, mostly taught to me by Lamine "Dibo"
Camara. Other rhythms are adapted versions
which incorporate using 3 separate Doundouns.
It uses the same idea of having 2 versions of
each rhythm - one version is just a groove for
dancers to practice traditional movements to,
and a second version which follows the
specific choreography of Abdoulaye Camara.
The guys in String Cheese Incident have been my
compadres on the road since the end of the Summer of
2004. By the time Iarrived, they already had a game
plan for these sessions - a true "house" (not the genre)
recording to just capture the essentials of each song and
twist some things here and there. To do so, they enlisted
producer Malcom Burn(Neville Brothers, Emmylou
Harris, Bob Dylan). I'm thankful that they included me
in this recording and it's been great to be touring with such
a diverse, talented group of musicians. Check out the
CD here.
Debut CD for EOTO. We're an all improv
electronica duo made up of myself and Michael
Travis of String Cheese Incident. I'm playing drums
and electronic percussion while Travis plays
keyboards,guitar, bass, percussion, and remixes us
live on the fly. We recorded this CD, "Elephants
Only TalkOccasionally", before our first show which
was inMay 2006 at Sonic Bloom. Breakbeat,
IDM, Glitch, Drum and Bass.