DJ Logic (born Lee Jason Kibler, 1972) is an American DJ primarily known for his work in nu-jazz, acid-jazz, and with

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Life and career

Born and raised in

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, Kibler displayed an early interest in

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funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the ...

, and

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

music. He began practicing on the

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and collaborating with various musicians, creating recordings best described as a contemporary

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with a string hip hop feel. Kibler often tours with his own group, Project Logic, and has recorded or performed with Vernon Reid, moe.,

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, Medeski Martin & Wood,

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, Jack Johnson,

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and others. On September 10, 2001, Project Logic performed the final official show at

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before the closing of the venue, featuring special guests

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and

Gov't Mule Gov't Mule (pronounced "Government Mule") is an American Southern rock jam band, formed in 1994 by guitarist Warren Haynes, bassist Allen Woody (both of The Allman Brothers Band at the time) and drummer Matt Abts (whom Haynes had worked with in ...

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and

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. On April 6, 2006, Kibler sat in with Bob Weir's

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, adding his style to the famous

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song combo "China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider." He is a founding member of The John Popper Project. On August 15, 2009, Kibler sat in with

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, adding his style to their latest single, "This Town". Kibler has often cited his mentor as Vernon Reid. The duo have recorded and toured as the Yohimbe Brothers with various guests, and Kibler has appeared on studio and live performances on Reid's solo projects. Reid also performed a guest solo for Kibler's original Band Eye and I, which featured D.K. Dyson and

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, who has played on all of Kibler's solo releases.

Discography

Rise and Shine Remixes (2011)

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Meet DJ Logic Released by Combacha Track list # Muloma Remix # Jah Come Down Remix # Jah Mercy Remix # Global Threat Remix # But Vange Remix

Zen of Logic (2006)

DJ Logic Released by Ropeadope Records Track list # Peace Y'All (I am in the House) # 9th Ward Blues # Balifon Planet # Hypnotic # Interlude #1 # Simmer Slow # Afro Beat # One Time # Something Distant # Hope Road # Smackness # Interlude #2 # Rat Pack # Holding Down

The John Popper Project (2004)

The John Popper Project Released by

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Records Track list # Lapdance # Everything # All Good Children # In The Midst # Fire In Her Kiss # Louisiana Sky # Trigger # Horses # Took # Morning Light # Open Hand # Show Me # Pack Your Love

Longitude (2004)

Groundtruther Released by Thirsty Ear Recordings Track list # Transit of Venus # Tycho Brahe # March 1741, Cape Horn # Course Made Good # Dead Reckoning # Medicean Stars # Jupiter Mask # H-4 # Back Quadrant # Epherimedes # Prime Meridian # South Heading

The Tao of Yo (2004)

Yohimbe Brothers Released by Thirsty Ear Recordings Track list # Shine For Me # The Secret Frequency # More From Life # Shape 4 # Noh Rio # TV # 30 Spokes # Unimportance # No Pistolas # Overcoming # Words They Use # Shape 1 # Perfect Traveller

Front End Lifter (2002)

Yohimbe Brothers Released by Ropeadope Records Track list # Ponk # Tenemental # 6996-Club-Vohimbe # Psychopathia Mojosexualis # Welcome 2 The Freq Show # Smoke and Dust Dub Version # The Big Pill # Bamalamb # Transmission XXX # Just A Little Screwy # Invitation To A Situation # Prelude To A Diss # Innerspin (A Tone Hymn) # The Callipygiac Caldonians # That Obscure Object of Desire

The Anomaly (2001)

DJ Logic Released by Ropeadope Records Track list # French Quarter # Black Buddah # Ron’s House # Michelle # Frequency One # Tih Gnob # Bean-E-Man # Who Am I? # Soul-Kissing # Afronautical # The Project(s) # Hip-Hopera # An Interlude # Miles Away # Drone

Project Logic (1999)

DJ Logic Released by Ropeadope Records Track list # Intro # Shea’s Groove # Abyss # Eyes Open (But Dead) # Mnemonics # Interlude 1 # Flat As Aboard # Gig 1 # Interlude 2 # Una Cosa Buena # Bag of Tricks # J.J. Bailey # Two Different Places # Spider Dance # Interlude 3 # Bruckner Boulevard # Kinda Bleu

Appearances

With

Wallace Roney Wallace Roney (May 25, 1960 – March 31, 2020) was an American jazz ( hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. He won one Grammy award and was nominated twice. Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from ...

*''

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'' (HighNote, 2004) With

*'' Live at Tonic'' (Ropeadope, 2006)

References

External links

Official site

DJ Logic collection
at the

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's live music archive
For No One In Particular on Amulet

Video interview with DJ Logic at allaboutjazz.com
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