“If you’re a Chicago music fan who just can’t get enough of that sweet spot where rock meets jazz, Joe Marcinek is a name that comes up quite a bit. Not content to be just a double threat — laying down both guitar and keys in the Indiana-based jazz-fusion quartet Fresh Hops — he’s branched out again and again to take his multi-instrumental talents to other projects as well, a formidable musical menace. While it’s no surprise to see him pop up around Chicago with the ultra-busy Hops, he’s equally likely to make contributions to special projects or jams. Add to all that, the task of fronting his own band, assembled from a rotating roster of the Chicago area’s most rock inclined jazz musicians and jazz-inclined rockers.”

Steve Siegel – The Barn Presents

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