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The Dead Kenny Gs: Operation Long Leash
by Mark Corroto
The powerhouse trio known as The Dead Kenny Gs answers the musical question: can a jazz band have an uplift mofo party plan? With its collective experience, the group certainly can take the music one step beyond. Like their inspired namesakes, the 1970/80s punk band The Dead Kennedys, saxophonist Skerik, drummer/vibraphonist Mike Dillon, and bassist Brad Houser play music loud and fast. Well, sometimes slow, but definitely loud. Their debut release draws on their experience together and in ...
Continue ReadingJazz This Week: Stanley Clarke Trio, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the Dead Kenny Gs, Glendale Jazz Festival, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Memorial Day weekend is always a busy time, and there's lots to do in St. Louis over the next several days, including the annual Bluesweek Festival, which this year has moved from fall to spring. Fortunately, that packed calendar of events also includes a number of jazz and creative music performances worth checking out. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, virtuoso bassist Stanley Clarke (pictured) opens a four-night stand continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Clarke was at ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: "Punk Jazz" with the Dead Kenny Gs
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
If the seminal punk bands Black Flag or the Dead Kennedys were to jam with members of Sun Ra's Arkestra, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and James Brown's JBs, the end result might sound a bit like the Dead Kenny Gs, who are coming to St. Louis next Saturday, May 26 to perform at 2720 Cherokee. The music of percussionist/vocalist Mike Dillon, saxophonist/keyboardist Skerik, and bassist and saxophonist Brad Houser has been dubbed ...
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The Dead Kenny Gs to Perform Saturday, May 26 at 2720 Cherokee
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The “experimental punk jazz trio" The Dead Kenny Gs (pictured) are coming to St. Louis to perform at 9:00 p.m. Saturday, May 26 at 2720 Cherokee. According to their official bio, saxophonist and keyboardist Skerik, bassist/baritone saxophonist Brad Houser, and drummer and percussionist Mike Dillon are “committed to musical subversion of the highest order." The New York Times said they “pinball between styles: Afro-pop, Balkan, Klezmer, pocket funk lashed to Middle Eastern modality." You can hear a sample track, “Black ...
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Dead Kenny GS: New Album and Tour
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OPERATION LONG LEASH OUT MARCH 15; TOUR STARTS MARCH 4 IN NOLA Combustible punk jazz trio, The Dead Kenny Gs, featuring saxophonist Skerik, bassist Brad Houser and drummer/percussionist/vibraphonist Mike Dillon, have announced the release of Operation Long Leash due March 15 on Royal Potato Family. Recorded in December at Stone Gossard's Studio Litho in Seattle with engineer Randall Dunn, the band conceived the majority of the material while on the road last summer with Primus, Gogol Bordello and Garage A ...
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