Then month of August promises to be a busy one for your friends in AJP. After an early summer of side-projects (see below) the guys in AJP will be hitting the road a bit during the dogs days of summer. As  Bangor Daily News music critic Emily Burnham  says:

“AJP …play a funky, freewheeling brand of jazz fusion.Think the cooler, bop-era side of Miles Davis, crossed with today’s contemporary jazz-influenced jam bands like Soulive. Dig it, baby!”

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.  See you at the show!

5 August: Stewart library concert series, Corinna. Outside show at the town bandstand.  7.00.

7 August: Winterport Music Festival. We’re calling this set “Forty Minutes of Fury”. Miles did 38 minutes at the Isle of Wight Festival. We get two more- and we intend to use them…

20 August: Bar Harbor Jazz Festival. This will be our third show at Maine’s finest summer jazz festival. See you on the village green that afternoon (start time TBA- check back soon.)

Like jazz cats the world over, the members of AJP have side projects and side gigs going on constantly. Here’s your chance to catch various members of AJP in some different venues doing some different things:

2 July- Allison Bankston with CGT; Muddy Rudder, Brewer 8.00-10.00.

3 July- Mark Tasker with CGT; Muddy Rudder, Brewer. 8.00-10.00

8 July- Allison Bankston with CGT; Hilton Garden Inn, Bangor. 630-8.30.

9 July- CGT on the Ellsworth Waterfront. 6.00.

15 July- Mark Tasker with CGT; Hilton Garden Inn, Bangor. 6.30-8.30.

19 August- Mark Tasker with CGT; Hilton Garden Inn, Bangor. 6.30-8.30.

9 September- Mark Tasker with CGT; Hilton Garden Inn, Bangor. 6.30-8.30.

The Project is pleased to announce that we will be rocking the Winterport Music Festival this summer.

The Festival is set to kick off August 7 at 11:00 AM and features, in addition to yours truly, Ernie & the Automatics (with Barry Goudreau & Sid Hashian of BOSTON).

In keeping with the spirit of the day we are planning a particularly raucous version of our “hot set” of Bar Harbor Jazz Fest and “Downtown Countdown” fame. We are working up a pair of funk monsters from the Brecker Brothers catalogue and have every intention of spending our 40 minute set waging war on schlock. Death to boring jazz, me hearties!!!

Don’t miss the Colin Graebert Trio (featuring 60% of AJP) at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bangor  this Thurday evening (3/4). Grab a seat at the bar, order up some hot wings, and enjoy some spectacular jazz in an intimate environment.

AJP plays Monk and Miles in Ogunquit!” On 6 February the ‘Project will head south to the Dunaway Center in Ogunquit for a themed show starting at 7.30. Sponsored by Ogunquit Performing Arts, this gig features the music of Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk and pays homage to the tremendous legacy these two jazz giants left us.

We are so excited about this that we can barely speak- a great venue, great music to choose from, and our first-ever show south of the mid-coast. A memorable night would seem to be in the offing… See you there!!

Check out the great write-up from Seacoast Online.

Come see the Project end the decade right at Bangor City Hall. Our set starts at 8:30 PM.

Check out all the other activities and events going on in downtown Bangor on the 31st as part of the Downtown Countdown.

The Project will be kicking off the festivities on the Bangor waterfront on Friday 8/28 at the Sea Dog. Come on down, grab a pint of Blue Paw Blueberry Wheat Ale, and enjoy the show! We’ll be playing from 5:00 – 6:30 PM, right before the kick off parade for the American Folk Music Festival.

Don’t forget that you can catch the Project at the Bar Harbor on August 21st. We’ll be playing from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Agramont Park (corner of West & Main, Across from Geddy’s). If it rains we’re going to move into Carmen Veranda’s and play there. Come on down to Bar Harbor and watch the Project rock the Jazz Festival.

3/5 of The Project will be appearing at Paddy Murphy’s in Bangor on Thursday July 9 starting at about 7PM. There’s no cover, so come down, grab a pint and check us out.

PS – If you haven’t had them, try the fried pickles. You won’t regret it.