John Edward Hollenbeck

GEORGE celebrated our @OOYHRecords release on Friday at @cemproduction for #FMC. The people of Chicoutimi are so warm, enthusiastic and damn fine listeners! (Plus their designers make great swag!) (pic #2) This week we are psyched to do a 4-night run at the @therextoronto with special guest @yvonne.greenough filling in for @chiquitamagic May 13-16th 8pm and 9:30pm, we will play the new album plus some hits from the our 1st album! Torontonians! Please come out! #GEORGECORE #TORONTO

Jour 2 de la 35e édition du FMC : check ✅    𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 + 𝙎𝙚𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 : quelle soirée! Musique 𝒂𝙜𝒊𝙡𝒆 et animation 𝙚́𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚 : nous avons eu droit à deux performances audacieuses, à la fine pointe des musiques d’aujourd’hui! Merci à @lajavachicoutimi d’avoir présenté ce plateau double!   Les festivités reprennent dès aujourd’hui ! 💥   A Chorus of Footsteps à 13h et 16h à la bibliothèque de Jonquière. Alt—Escape à 14h30 à la salle Pierrette-Gaudreault. -os- et Tempête Solaire à 20h au CEM.

@flexatone aka John Hollenbeck est un touche-à-tout dont la polyvalence et la dextérité n’ont d’égale que l’originalité des compositions. Pour GEORGE, son plus récent projet, il a recruté trois musiciennes au talent dévastateur. Attention ! Éblouissement en vue. PAN M 360 s’est brièvement entretenu avec lui à la veille de son passage au Festival des musiques de création (FMC), ce vendredi 8 mai, 20h, au Centre d’expérimentation musicale (CEM) à Chicoutimi-Nord. Entrevue réalisée par Michel Rondeau Sur #freejazz #groove #jazzfusion #nujazz #latinurban

GEORGE - Looking for Consonance is OUT! GEORGE is @flexatone @chiquitamagic @ara_ossy @akwebber GEORGE will celebrate our @outofyourheadrecords release TODAY Friday, May 8th in the land of @anginedepoitrine ! Specifically @cemproduction for the Festival Musique Creation and then next week we are doing a 4-night run May 13-16 @therextoronto with special guest @yvonne.greenough filling in for @chiquitamagic After that you can catch us @solidsoundfest on June 28th and @festivaljazzmontreal on June 30th Animated GIF + photography by @exhumist . Music is bounce, the first track from Looking for Consonance. #GEORGE #johnhollenbeck #GEORGECORE

GEORGE had a supercool, fuckin’ loudass gig at @publicrecordsnyc for the stupendous LONGPLAY festival from the genuises at @bangonacan . (are there enough superlatives in this sentence?) After our gig I got to hear Jeff “Tain” Watts with Bob Hurst and Kris Davis! OMG-Tain is a master musician! And speaking of master musician, I followed that up with a mesmerizing set by @prekopcomma And then I got to hear @david.cossin.52 play many, many fast arpeggios for many minutes at a time...DAMN! the mental and physical chops! ( for Glassworks). I’m so grateful to be a cog in this amazing wheel that is @bangonacan ! GEORGE will celebrate our @outofyourheadrecords release this Friday, May 8th in the land of @anginedepoitrine ! Specifically @cemproduction for the Festival Musique Creation and then next week we are doing a 4-night run May 13-16 @therextoronto with special guest @yvonne.greenough filling in for @chiquitamagic PLEASE JOIN US!!! Photo and artwork by TJ Huff

SUNDAY MATINEE ALERT!!!!!! GEORGE will be celebrating their new album, ‘Looking for consonance’ at Long Play this Sunday, May 3rd at 2pm at Public Records. George is: Anna Webber-tenor sax/flute Sarah Rossy-voice/synth Chiquita Magic-synths/voice John Hollenbeck-drums/composition longplayfestival.org for tickets and the full lineup for just Public Records show: https://link.dice.fm/e2affa695ded #longplay #liveinBrooklyn #bangonacan #GEORGECORE Photo by @huffart

Hey y’alls! I’m taking care of Bailey for a few days. She is a sweetie unless you are squirrel. The second and final single, Porter (10,000 Men Named George) from GEORGE - Looking for Consonance (OOYH 044) is OUT NOW! Here is more info on this piece: The subtitle comes from an revealing film called 10,000 Black Men Named George, which tells the story of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters — the first Black-led labor union to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor. Their fight wasn’t just about wages; it was about dignity, recognition, and justice in a system built on racial exploitation. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, thousands of Black men worked as Pullman porters on luxury railroad sleeping cars designed by George Pullman, who founded the Pullman Company and a company town in Chicago. Passengers often called the porters “George” — after George Pullman — regardless of the men’s real names. Many were also called “boy.” This wasn’t harmless. It echoed slavery, when enslaved people were stripped of their names and renamed after enslavers. Pullman porters routinely worked up to 400 hours a month, endured low pay, long shifts, and constant racial humiliation — all while being expected to provide impeccable service. Yet these men organized, resisted, and changed American labor history. Link in our bio to listen, and head to Bandcamp for LP, CD, and digital. Album release date is May 8, but all merch is in stock and shipping early (hot pink vinyl going very fast!). GEORGE is John Hollenbeck, Anna Webber, Chiquita Magic, and Sarah Rossy. @flexatone @akwebber @chiquitamagic @ara_ossy “When the band nails down its unique blend of vintage funk and futuristic electronica GEORGE’s energy is as infectious as a perfect pop tune. “ —Pitchfork Awesome new photos + all album art/design by TJ Huff. #BlackLaborHistory #AntiRacism #PullmanPorters #GEORGECORE #lookingforconsonance

The second and final single, Porter (10,000 Men Named George) from GEORGE - Looking for Consonance (OOYH 044) is OUT NOW! Link in our bio to listen, and head to Bandcamp for LP, CD, and digital. Album release date is May 8, but all merch is in stock and shipping early (hot pink vinyl going very fast!). GEORGE is John Hollenbeck, Anna Webber, Chiquita Magic, and Sarah Rossy. @flexatone @akwebber @chiquitamagic @ara_ossy “When the band nails down its unique blend of vintage funk and futuristic electronica GEORGE’s energy is as infectious as a perfect pop tune. “ —Pitchfork Awesome new photos + all album art/design by TJ Huff. #GEORGE #lookingforconsonance #outofyourheadrecords #johnhollenbeck #porter

HQ! (JH for John HOLLENBECK, Q for QUINTET!) Erik Hove-alto sax/flute Allison Burik-alto sax/bass clarinet Jean-Michel Leblanc-guitar Walter Stinson-bass John Hollenbeck-drums, composition, curation Performing classics like: Lonely Woman, King Porter Stomp, 23C along with JH tunes like Somber Blanket, Happy Blanket, Norma McCorvey, Forced Empathy... This Friday April 17th @dieseonze Show at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Reservations at 514 223 3543

Thanks to everyone who tuned in to watch our Listening Session featuring John Hollenbeck @flexatone @schulichmusic , in conversation with Erica Seguine @ericaseguinemusic ! Our next event is a Composer Spotlight on Sunday, April 19th at 1:00pm Eastern, featuring Daniel Hersog @danielhersog @capujazzstudies hosted by Chelsea McBride. #JohnHollenbeck #listeningsession #listeninghang #jazz #orchéstrebakagbiné #thenecks #low #amerie #johnhollenbecklargeensemble #claudiaquintet #george #McGill #SchulichMusic #jazzcomposition #jazzcomposer #jazzcomposerspresent #composer #arranger #composition #arranging #compositions #masterclass #jazzmusic #lesson #minilesson #learnjazz #musician #music #bigband #nomusicnolife

JazzComposersPresent.com is excited for our next livestream Listening Session on Sunday, April 12th at 1:00pm Eastern featuring John Hollenbeck @flexatone @schulichmusic (Bob Brookmeyer's New Art Orchestra, The Claudia Quintet, GEORGE, The Refuge Trio, JHLE), in conversation with Erica Seguine @ericaseguinemusic . John will be sharing and discussing recordings that have inspired and intrigued him throughout his career as a composer, drummer, and bandleader. A live Q&A will conclude the event. #JohnHollenbeck #listeningsession #listeninghang #jazz #orchéstrebakagbiné #thenecks #low #amerie #johnhollenbecklargeensemble #claudiaquintet #george #McGill #SchulichMusic #jazzcomposition #jazzcomposer #jazzcomposerspresent #composer #arranger #composition #arranging #compositions #masterclass #jazzmusic #lesson #minilesson #learnjazz #musician #music #bigband #nomusicnolife

April is Poetry Month — a time to revisit the voices that shape us and the words that stay with us. In 2010, I was contacted by Richard Peek of the University of Rochester Library, who was organizing a centennial exhibition celebrating the poet Kenneth Patchen. He commissioned me to compose music for several of Patchen’s poems. At the time, I was unfamiliar with his work, but I quickly immersed myself in his world, reading deeply and trying to understand the spirit behind the words. Almost instinctively, I reached out to Kurt Elling to see if he might be interested in collaborating. My intuition proved right — not only was he interested, he was already a devoted admirer of Patchen’s poetry. The project remains one of the most unique and demanding creative experiences I have undertaken, and I am forever grateful to Richard for opening the door to Patchen’s remarkable voice. The poem I chose comes from Patchen’s collection of love poems, written for and dedicated to his wife, Miriam. I have lived with this poem for many years. Each time I return to it, I am struck by its tenderness — its fragile, almost unbearable intimacy. One evening, while walking west on 23rd Street as the sun was setting, I noticed for the first time that the street rises as it approaches the Hudson River. It felt as though I were ascending toward the sky. In that quiet moment, the poem — and especially its title — revealed another layer of meaning. The landscape and the words seemed to merge, and the poem began to live in a new way.