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Kevin Brunkhorst

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Kevin Brunkhorst is a guitarist and composer. He is a native of the Midwest and a graduate of the Master's program in Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas. Currently he is a member of the jazz faculty of St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia.

Digital/Spritual is a duet project for with fellow UNT alum and StFX faculty member Paul Tynan, who plays trumpet, flugelhorn, and pocket trumpet. It's partly composed and partly constructed from improvisations. References and influences are far-ranging and include Kenny Wheeler, Brian Eno, David Torn, Ralph Towner, film scores, and Teo Macero's productions of Miles. There's an emphasis on melody and rich harmony. There is also a variety of textures, especially on the trip-hop/electronic 'How Spacemen Lose Weight'.

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 ...