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Biography
BIG RUDE JAKE, singer-song-writer, band leader, blues shouter, pop-culture philosopher and highly opinionated loud-mouth is above all, a man in control. Says Jake, "Take charge of the way you are perceived, or risk becoming trapped in someone else's interpretation of who you are. Choose a destiny, or one will be chosen for you!"

"But," he adds quickly, "You must be honest with yourself. Your image has to suit you; to reflect who you really are and what you stand for. For example, I could never be one of those fellas you see these days; these male singer/songwriters who pretend to be shy and aloof, mopey and depressed... That meek and defeated attitude just seems ‘put on’ to me; you know; the sort of thing you pretend to be to get girls. I remember a time when I tried to be passive and coy in order to meet women. It just didn't work. No one bought it for a second. There's nothing less sexy than insincerity. So I just went completely the other way..."

BIG RUDE JAKE draws influence from vastly different places: Tom Waits, Duke Ellington, Nick Cave, Dr. John, Jacques Brel, Cab Calloway, Bertolt Brecht, Raymond Chandler, Ernest Hemingway and Damon Runyon alike have made their mark on JAKE and his work.

JAKE started out in Toronto, Canada some nine years ago, playing his brand of jazzy-jump-blues and cabaret-inspired tunes long before anyone ever heard of the new "Swing" movement. His dream was to bring his music to the same venues that launched the careers of the Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan. But, despite sold-out shows and a massive grass-roots following across Canada, the Canadian music biz considered JAKE as a popular curiosity with no definable niche. "We were too ‘jazz' for the rock critics, too raunchy for the jazz critics, and too odd for anyone else," says JAKE. "Even the fact that I prefer to play acoustic guitar over electric seemed to baffle some people. They saw the acoustic guitar and thought I was a folk act!"

Eventually, JAKE gave up on the Canadian music industry and moved to NYC in the fall of 1997. He brought his band with him, but the musicians quickly realized that New York was not for them and moved back to Toronto. That left Jake alone and in a bad spot; it was winter in New York, and he had no money, no band, no manager and no place to live. But, in his usual take-charge manner, he pulled things together, hired a new manager, found a new band and got himself a place to live.

The new band formed in February of 1998 and went out to tour the United States by April 1998. They spanned the U.S. and "... took a dip into Canada so I could show the band that we were actually popular somewhere..." laughs JAKE. They began label showcases shortly after touring, and made the connection with ROADRUNNER Records. Roughly six months after the NYC band formed, JAKE signed his deal and made a record slated for an early 1999 release.

Along with its Rockabilly , Rhythm and Blues and Swing influenced tracks, JAKE’s new record also features 2 Spoken-word pieces, one of which is a cool, Jazzy little number entitled "East Side Jive" - "It has an Art Blakey swing to it," informs Jake, "and is strongly influenced by the form typical of West Coast rap, where you have the spoken verse and some singing on the chorus." And then there is the racy "Queer For Cat" (that also appears on Universal Records CANADA's CD called JIVE'S ALIVE - THE BEST OF SWING FOR 1998) which, like his Rockabilly-flavored track, "Dinner With The Devil", is funny, yet thought-provoking in the old Jazz tradition. "Buster Boy", a Swing tune with a New Orleans clavae rhythm, and "SpeakEasy", a sweet Ray Charles-ish ballad, round out the self-titled album. The thread that runs through all the songs on this record is the trademark humor, the Raymond Chandler-esque grit, and the thoughtful poetics that are BIG RUDE JAKE.

If you ask JAKE, Swing needs a voice that will take it to the next level and he is ready to take that responsibility. According to JAKE, the future of swing lies in it's ability to become more than a leisure activity; more than a fashion statement or dance craze. It has to speak about life in a profound and meaningful way. "There was a time, some thirty-odd years ago, when people thought rock was just a fad. They thought that it was simply a happy-go-lucky, good time music with no real message. Then, along came the likes of Bob Dylan and John Lennon. Dylan wrote these great, powerful songs and inspired a generation of songwriters... he wrote about important social issues... he talked about politics and relationships in clever and unique ways... he was a 3-dimensional artist. He injected that profound American folk tradition into rock and turned rock into the voice of a generation, where as, before that, there was really very little being said in rock, except expressing a love for chicks and cars. Don't get me wrong; I love chicks and cars, but it is my hope that Swing becomes an important movement and a necessary development in popular music."

One could even see JAKE as a political candidate of sorts... the running "theme" to his debut release will be politics in the old southern vein. JAKE aspires to sway the electorate by keeping Swing music interesting, intelligent and fun. BIG RUDE JAKE is a candidate for the ages... a man who'd get your vote and a character slick enough to make you forget the word "impeachment".

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