The Race Riot Suite was written by Chris Combs for the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey quartet (Brian Haas piano, Chris Combs lap steel, Josh Raymer drums, Jeff Harshbarger bass) plus horn quintet. In January 2011 the band recorded the piece at Tulsa’s hallowed Church Studio with guest horn players Jeff Coffin (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Dave Matthews Band), Steven Bernstein (Sex Mob, Levon Helm), Peter Apfelbaum (Don Cherry, Hieroglyphics), Mark Southerland (Snuff Jazz), and Matt Leland (a founding JFJO member). In 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma, was home to the most powerful and affluent African-American community in the country. In one of the largest racial conflicts and cover-ups in America’s history, Black Wall Street was burned to the ground. The Race Riot Suite is a long-form musical work that tells the story of the evolution and destruction of one of America’s greatest cultural epicenters in one of the least-understood atrocities of the Jim Crow era. JFJO will perform the Suite with special guests Jeff Coffin, Steven Bernstein, Peter Apfelbaum, Mark Southerland, & Matt Leland tonight. Early show is at 8pm, late show is at 10pm.