JazzProphets.com

To a great degree, still shrouded in mystery, THE JAZZ PROPHETS emerged on the New York City scene in 1989 - without pomp or circumstance, without significant promotion or media attention.

Focused on pushing the envelope of what has come to be accepted as "jazz", this, now legendary, power-trio documented their musical evolution in live studio performances (at Manhattan's 29th Street Studio & Brooklyn's Purple Light Studio) and in select public performances between 1989-1999 (including small venue's like the Upper-East Side's club Avalon and the now legendary Lower-Eastside venue, C.B.G.B.) before returning to the studio to cultivate their unique style.

The merging of three unique musicians with disparate roots, guitarist Eric Warren, drummer/percussionist Barry Cohen and self-styled "sound architect" (keyboardist) "Stephen Cage" into a single unit produced a distinct sound through their unique approach and and diverse roots which continues to this day to stretch the boundries of both free jazz and "electronica".

The Jazz Prophets can still be seen on Manhattan Neighborhood Networks (in New York City) and on Win-TV (in Windsor, CT) where their video "Live at Avalon" is still scheduled from time to time. Their soundtrack and dedication to the films of Harry Smith ("Next Wave: The Films of Harry Smith"), ran into legal issues with the estate of the late cinematographer, but can still be caught on rare occassion on the aforementioned networks (where it has become an underground classic).

As this site evolves, it will attept to profile, via recordings and video footage, this pioneering and much-imitated group, whose music is in the final analysis, ultimately, beyond labels. Their in influences can be discerned in an ever-growing number of musicians persuing an even wider variety of musical formats, from Bill Laswell-produced projects like Material to Iceland's own, now legendary, "MUM".