jack’s CD’s

“RIDING THE DHARMA EXPRESS” is the new 2008 Jazz / Electronica Digital - Download release from Jack Wyles.

Having studied bass and jazz theory with the late Jaco Pastorius, and saxophone with Post-Bop saxophonist Mel Martin, Jack has combined the freedom of improvisation with the grooves and sounds of electronica. It is a completely solo effort, except for:

THERE IS A FOUNTAIN:

Patrick Owens - Guitar

Simon “Soul” Maah - Bass

and:

BLACK SATIN:

Ronnell Sanders - Turntablist

There are 13 songs from numerous electronic styles. All songs (except for Black Satin, by Miles Davis) are written by Jack. He supplies all the saxophone, bass, and keyboards, as well as production and engineering. He also arranged all samples (royalty free) and sound effects.

“The electronica grooves supply the modern / futuristic edge for these songs that I was looking for”, says Jack. “I think of each one as a separate movie soundtrack. I wanted to create the feeling of trying to keep our underlying spirituality intact in this increasingly technological world. It’s a fun and adventurous album. Enjoy!”

Cover Art - Leroy Weaver

This 2002 C.D.draws from the improvisations of jazz as well as the grooves of the street..... It's innovative, emotional, and positive! (Just Seein' What's Up) ranges from funk and hip-hop to swing jazz to rock...from jamming instrumentals to spoken word and rap. It does bend a few genres...

but as beatnik / sage Mr Espresso says:

Time for the light to turn green

Maybe change the scene

You know what I mean?

Time to find a new street to walk on

To open up, to drink from the cup.

Re-configure the paradigm of linear time

Flippin, trippin like a spaceship ride

as you slide......

Touch the colors floating by

You can climb above the sublime.

It ain't free

but it's worth it to see

the inter-connectivity

of you and me.

Kinda makes you wanna go

BLIP - BLOP

Shoobie Doobie

DRIP - DROP

"Garage Logic" is a collection of songs taken from several releases by "The Source"......And just who is The Source??

The Source was a power pop band from North Canton, Ohio that was together from 1980 through 1986. In that time they released one single, one LP, one dance single, and two EP's. ( A strange form of vinyl from the last millennium, an EP was only about 25 minutes long). Their two EP's charted nationally on the CMJ college charts. (#17 and #12 respectively). The members of The Source were:

Jim Bailis - drums

Craig Schroeder - guitar

Jeff Kerekes - guitar

Jack Wyles - bass

Those are the statistics. But there was much more to The Source than just statistics. Those were the days of Ronald Reagan, recessions, and severe rock n' roll reactionary-ism. (A little Source guy could find a bottle thrown at him while onstage if he dared to play anything but Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, or AC/DC.) But the little Source guys were pretty spunky. They not only didn't play songs by the above mentioned artists; they played all originals. ....And those originals were not about the favorite topics of many of the locals ...ie... sexual bravado, or kickin ass.... They were about love, spirit, and awareness; all done with a tongue-in-cheekness that only four small town Ohio guys could attempt to pulloff. They were definitely on a mission....and a really fun one at that. They would hide out for months at a time...writing and recording songs. .... then playing the handful of clubs in the Cleveland / Kent / Akron area that would allow original music... all the while putting out product nationally on a shoestring budget. They were assisted in this "secularly humanistic" endeavor by "THE" definitive record anti-mogul from Washinton, D.C., Bill Asp. No they didn't make it nationally, but they dared to think they could...and you can hear that desire and irreverence in the songs.