By Joseph Davis | May 15, 2009
Formed in 2006, Jump Back Jake plays raw soul-flavored rock and roll with dance grooves and horn lines that tout a modern writing approach.
Their debut record, “Brooklyn Hustle / Memphis Muscle,” produced by Pete Matthews at the legendary Ardent Studios, is the first release from Ardent Music, the newly reactivated Memphis label that launched power-pop pioneers Big Star.
Suggested tracks: Terrible Mistakes, The Flood, Too Cool For Love
Stream their entire debut album and download free live tracks here - http://jumpbackjake.bandcamp.com
Official website/blog – http://jumpbackjake.com
Videos - http://www.youtube.com/user/jumpbackjakemusic
Press Photos - http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/utjoed/JumpBackJake-PressPhoto.jpg, http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/utjoed/Rock-Color.jpg, http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z317/jdavismemphis/BW-Porch.jpg
Album Art - http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/utjoed/albumart-jbj.jpg
Press:
May 1, 2009 - For proof, check what should very well be their showcase track, “The Flood”. This song applies all the perfect amounts of JBJ’s several musical personalities, culminating in the band’s definitive song. If they can learn to wield this kind of power more often, they are looking at a very successful career - not just in Memphis, but maybe as far north as Brooklyn, too. (favorite10.com)
April 29, 2009 - Jump Back Jake’s debut album is called Brooklyn Hustle/Memphis Muscle, and hot damn, indeed—it’s exactly as advertised. The record is inspired by classic soul and blues, full of good horny horns, a mighty Hammond B3, and guitar work both sweet and stinging, but it’s not the work of a nostalgia act, either…The band’s mission is to take that classic Stax sound and make it relevant right now. Mission accomplished. Brooklyn Hustle/Memphis Muscle is a party record in spots and a smoky late-night groover in others. (The Hits Just Keep On Comin’)
April 18, 2009 - Now the reason Jump Back Jake can get away with pulling together that range of influences comes in their ability to maintain a consistent sound. It’s big, soulful, and electric. (Taking Over)
April 2, 2009 - Jump Back Jake, a raw, horn-laced, Hammond-enhanced, smokey rock ‘n soul outfit recorded at Memphis’ famed Ardent Studios. Brooklyn Hustle / Memphis Muscle boasts meaty, seemingly live-in-the-studio retro-soul grooves (and a few acoustic asides) that would enhance the atmosphere of any respectable southern blues dive. (Never Get Out Of The Boat!)
March 2, 2009 - Q & A with SXSW Artist Jump Back Jake (Austin Sound Check)
Feb. 19, 2009 - For those out of the know, any definition of Mofro’s music contains words like front-porch, soul and Southern. Take that and add an ever so slightly more rocking edge to it, and you’re gonna be describing Jump Back Jake. (ninebullets.net)
Feb. 16, 2009 - This group has remarkable vintage taste in covers and sound, they can play their instruments, and even such a jaded and unkind critic as myself would go hear them again. One of their favorite musical places to go is The Meters, Papa Grows Funk, and the Gamble Brothers — the NOLA sound, which I don’t mind at all (and neither did the MG’s). Singer seems to like Ray Davies also. And a band that encores with the 13th Floor Elevators’ hit record, with Jake playing the jug part on electric guitar? (The Daily Docket)
Feb. 12, 2009 - Jump Back Jake: A Little Bit Of Rock With A Lot Of Soul (The Rock Dose)
Feb. 4, 2009 - I think they are best represented by their song, “The Flood” which mixes county funk, blues and ska melody lines (played beautifully on horns) into one, gorgeous, Southern soul stew - delicious and nutritious (Blog - Of course, I could be wrong…)
Jan. 28, 2009 - Brooklyn Hustle / Memphis Muscle is filled with brass augmented rock that will make your head bob up and down in appreciation (Here Comes The Flood)
Dec. 30, 2008 - Best Albums of December 2008 (The Wheel’s Still In Spin)
Dec. 19, 2008 - Back to the future for Jump Back Jake (The Commercial Appeal)
Dec. 18, 2008 - How I Got to Memphis: Jake Rabinbach followed his muse to Memphis and started an R&B band (The Memphis Flyer)
Oct. 2, 2008 - Ardent Revival: The label that launched Big Star returns with a new secular-music imprint (The Memphis Flyer)
Aug. 24, 2007 - From Montclair to Memphis: Jersey kid finds a home amid the sweet soul music of the South (The Commercial Appeal)
Official Profiles:
Twitter - http://twitter.com/jumpbackjake
Last.fm - http://www.last.fm/music/Jump+Back+Jake
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Jump-Back-Jake/7917858377?ref=ts
iLike - http://ilike.com/artist/Jump+Back+Jake
Pandora - http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/42fa9b864c7d7c01
Myspace – http://www.myspace.com/jumpbackjake
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