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1 free mp3 + a Tweet in your honor. Every bit helps. Thanks for the support!
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A Tweet in your honor + a digital copy of the new live album by CGQ 1 week before the official release date.
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All of the above + a physical copy of the new live album by CGQ (personally signed by me, Damian, Marc and Steve) 1 week before the official release date.
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All of the above + plus the 3 bonus tracks from the Mayne Stage show that weren't included on the CD.
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All of the above + a high-def DVD of the Mayne Stage show + a personalized thank you video + a shout out on our Facebook fanpage.
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All of the above + a CGQ t-shirt + a "thank you" mention in the liner notes and on my website + my personal pledge to support your Kickstarter project.
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All of the above + digital copies of all my CDs (On the Verge, Jazz, Soul and Science Volume One, Soul and Science 2: electric boogaloo, Merge, and Playtime) + our previous DVD release (Based on a True Story) + I'll perform on 3 selections (or for 5 hours) on your next studio project.
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All of the above + credit in the liner notes as an "Associate Producer," and a 60-minute private lesson via Skype, phone conference or in person (in Chicago).
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Hot dang - that's a lot of money. All of the above + credit in the liner notes as a "co-executive producer" plus Guest List status for you (+1) at ALL CGQ CONCERTS FOR LIFE. Or if it's a place where no cover is charged, I'll get the 1st round of drinks for your and your +1.
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All of the above + Choose OPTION A: A 3-hour long CGQ concert in your home, or at a venue of your choosing within 150 miles of Chicago. OR OPTION B: We will compose and/or arrange and record a tune in your honor, and send you a birthday card or holiday card of your choosing every year, for the rest of my life.
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Holy [expletive]. All of the above + a private 3-hour concert by CGQ for you and your friends at your home or in the venue of your choosing anywhere* in the continental US - AND our undying gratitude. (*Includes 48 contiguous states, in a location accessible by motorized ground transportation within 1 hour of an airport served by a major airline.)
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As soon as the Chris Greene Quartet takes the stage, jazz and rock audiences alike notice something different – something besides the fact that they’re seated next to each other. The jazz crowd can’t help but sense the charisma and electricity, not always seen in a jazz band, that emanates from the quartet even during the saxophonist’s most committed solos. And those fans accustomed to the high energy and loose hi-jinks of a rock band suddenly find themselves diving deeper into improvised music than they might have thought possible. At a time when jazz continues to seek new audiences, the Chris Greene Quartet sits poised on the future’s cusp. In much the way that classical composers have historically used native folk elements as the basis for their art, the CGQ uses familiar modern materials – the funk and hip-hop he heard growing up – as a bridge between jazz and other genres.
It’s that ability to retain that tradition, expanding it at the same time, that makes the Chris Greene Quartet something different on the modern jazz scene.
