Jazz Articles about Kevin Brunkhorst

About Kevin Brunkhorst

Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Brunkhorst, Wren, Smith & More

by Bob Osborne
September 11, 2025

A show with mostly new releases with a mix of various genres of jazz features many fine examples of the use of the guitar. The show also includes a re-release from Steve Smith and more from the Strata-East catalogue. Playlist Kevin Brunkhorst “As Fate Would Have It" from After The Fire (Calligram Records) 00:00 Toby Wren Standards Trio “Interplay" from Jazz in Meanjin 018: Live at JMI (4000 Records) 08:45 Steve Smith & Vital Information NYC Edition ...

Album Review

Kevin Brunkhorst: After the Fire

Read "After the Fire" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 13, 2025

Guitarist Kevin Brunkhorst, an alumnus of the University of North Texas and its celebrated One O'Clock Lab Band, has been teaching jazz in Canada for more than two decades, and his able sidemen on After the Fire are from the Nova Scotia area, where the album was recorded in October 2023. Brunkhorst moves seamlessly from acoustic to electric guitar while doubling as composer and arranger in a session that consists of seven of his original works. He ...