Jazz Articles about Curt Cloninger

Jeff Arnal / Curt Cloninger: Drum Major Instinct

by Glenn Astarita
March 24, 2024

Drum Major Instinct is an experimental music duo from Asheville, North Carolina. The duo consists of Jeff Arna, who plays drums & percussion, and Curt Cloninger, who works with modular synthesisers. Their debut release offers an entrancing blend of soundscapes which defy easy categorization. The album title emanates from a 1968 speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, referencing the 1952 homily ”Drum Major Instincts” by J. Wallace Hamilton which provides an underlying modus operandi for the album as a whole. ...