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Tony
Jarvis
December 8th, 2001
One of Chad's favorite musicians gave a concert at the Soho Salon.
"Tony
Jarvis burst on the Milwaukee scene as the kinetic saxman with Paul
Cebar after a stint with Madison's near-legendary Tar Babies."
-Shephard
Express (the Village Voice of Milwaukee)
Tony
Jarvis aka "Theophilus" is a performing artist / multi - instrumentalist
based in New York City. His music draws on a diverse pool of influences
ranging from old-school Prince to soul standards to East Indian ragas,
resulting in eclectic, catchy pop tunes, edgy spirituals and all-out
anthems for a better, brighter world.
He is known for his dynamic, unpredictable solo performances as well
as his continued involvement in unique, challenging side projects.
He has twice orchestrated a live 40-member choir featuring prominent
figures from the Downtown Music scene, and has played saxophone on
stage with the likes of J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr), Mike Watt (Minutemen)
and jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie.
As a youngster he was a member of the seminal punk / funk band the
Tar Babies (SST Records). Recently he's been recording a new
EP with the great J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. fame producing, due out
end of January 2002.
Besides performing songs from a variety of past and future projects
he'll be screening the following videos:
-“Mothers Song” which is currently featured on MTV 2 as part of the
“uncovered” series.
-a rough cut of the new video of the song "Ende Rhydiam"
-a new short film, "searching for sense", a documentary of a WTC memorial
mural for which he created the soundtrack.
