Dreamseekers

Posted on September 27, 2020 by authorjarollins

Hello, JassOdyssey fans. Since posting the audio narrations of Part 1 of Book 1, we have received a lot of hits at our website http://www.jassodyssey.com. We got over 60 hits in one day. That’s fantastic! I’m glad that people are … Continue reading →

HBCU College Road Trip

Posted on July 11, 2020 by authorjarollins

For those of you who have read the JassOdyssey series, you know that Miles and Roland traveled along the Chitlin’ Circuit in search of something that was stolen from them. While doing so, Miles got a chance to visit some … Continue reading →

Cemetery Scene

Posted on July 8, 2020 by authorjarollins

Hello JassOdyssey fans. Here is a small audio excerpt from Book One of the JassOdyssey series. The story takes place in New Orleans in the early 1900’s. In the series, after Park stole Never Die from Miles, he disappeared, traveled … Continue reading →

Desert Campfire

Posted on April 9, 2020 by authorjarollins

Hello JassOdyssey fans. As you remember in Book 3, Park, Marie, and Huddleston left Albuquerque, the Capital of New Mexico, in a hurry. It seems that someone mysteriously died, and the police considered Marie their prime suspect. To flee the … Continue reading →

College Road Trip

Posted on January 23, 2020 by authorjarollins

Hello JassOdyssey fans! For those of you who have read the series, you know that the only way that Sarah, Miles’s mother, would allow Roland to take him on the odyssey (to find their stolen objects) was to chaperone him … Continue reading →

Jackie The Watchkeeper

Posted on December 30, 2019 by authorjarollins

It’s time to celebrate, and it’s not even the New Year yet. We here at JassOdyssey have a lot to celebrate–like 50 reasons. That’s because we have just posted our 50th original song. And you can hear them all free … Continue reading →

“Who Do The Bomb?”

Posted on July 18, 2019 by authorjarollins

Hello JassOdyssey fans. Hope you’re enjoying the summer. The question we have for you today is–Who Do The Bomb? In Book 4, which will be available later this year, Miles and Roland are in Cleveland. They meet a jazz expert … Continue reading →

Pretty Boy Pettiford- At Your Service

Posted on June 8, 2019 by authorjarollins

Hello JassOdyssey fans, this is J. A. Rollins with another song that I created for the audiobooks. It’s called “Pretty Boy Pettiford-At Your Service.” It’s based on a character that Park tangles with while he and Marie are in Los … Continue reading →

Name The Song and Win a Book

Posted on May 8, 2019 by authorjarollins

Hello JassOdyssey fans, this is J. A. Rollins. Over the years, I’ve been writing the JassOdyssey book series, as well as composing music that will serve as the soundtracks for the audiobooks (music is available for listening at www.jassodyssey.com). I don’t … Continue reading →

Makin’ Bricks

Posted on September 3, 2018 by authorjarollins

This Labor Day weekend I’ll be ‘makin’ bricks’–not the masonry type, but the musical type. That term was quoted by Louis Armstrong when it came to describing his music as part of a musical duo. For those of you who … Continue reading →