Combining the usual plethora of influences, jam band Mori Stylez manages to find a unique take on genre-crossing, mostly thanks to precise arrangements and the inclusion of bassoon and clarinet in the mix.
Founded in 1998 at the Hartt School of Music in West Hartford, CT, by five students, the band put out their first self-titled CD in 1999. Despite the now worn mix of styles employed by jam bands (including bluegrass, rock, jazz, hardcore, and funk), the band's intricate charts (mostly written by Anchorage-born frontman Zed Kelley) provided them with a boost over other acts. The band undertook their first tour in 1999 while still students. Kelley graduated from Hartt in May of 2000 with a double degree in bassoon and guitar. The band migrated north to Boston for the summer to woodshed and play occasional gigs throughout New England, in the process working up a small following.
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