Jelly Jar serves up a tasty soul sandwich with heaping portions of blues topped with layers of r'n'b, funk and rock. Singer Jeff Hypnarowski is "an outstanding talent," says The Buffalo News, and Buffalo Blues Beat calls Jeff "hypnotic...a mesmerizer" while referring to the band's players as "transcendent" and "magnificent." Jelly Jar takes popular songs from a wide variety of styles and reconstructs them. "Beast of Burden " gets a dose of Motown, while "Some Kind of Wonderful" is fused over a funk/hip-hop groove. Expect the unexpected while you hear Jelly Jar deliver energy, emotion and, overall, a quality musical experience.
Over Jelly Jar’s 30 + years together, we have all shared good and bad times — mostly good. Recently, however, we had sad news. Our guitar player of 14 years, John G. Brady, passed away after a long fight with cancer. There was a wonderful tribute to John recently at the Sportsmen’s Tavern where dozens of musicians performed songs written by John. Jelly Jar performed his song “Hooked on You,” which was recorded by Albert Collins and appeared on his Grammy nominated album Cold Snap. We all miss John and will always remember his friendship and valuable contributions to the band. I know he made us better musicians.
