Results for "Adam Benjamin"

Adam Benjamin

Two Legs Bad

By Peter Epstein

Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Conjunction; B320; Never Odd or Even; Tepper; Two Legs BadTwo Legs Bad; Bass Case; Pajaro Dunes.

Osmosis

By Manzanita Quintet

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Hansepts; Pajaro Dunes; Osmosis; Push; Leaping Forward; Apex; To Quincy; Devotion; Bemsha Swing; Silence.

Manzanita Quintet: Osmosis

by Dan McClenaghan
February 9, 2023

The tried and true quintet formation, set in stone by alto saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie in the late 1940s, is back in 2022 with the Reno, Nevada-based Manzanita Quintet. So how do they give a fresh shine to a sound that could be considered “done to death?" On Osmosis the ...

Hansepts

February 1, 2023

Album: Osmosis
By Manzanita Quintet
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 07:11

Chapters

By Kneebody

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Spectra; What's My Name; Seaworthy Native; Wounds Let in the Light; Chapters; Hearts Won't Break; Ombre; The Trip; When It All Comes Down; The Non-Profit Prince of Lexington.

Kneebody: Chapters

by Mike Jacobs
December 10, 2019

Chapters--the title of Kneebody's 2019 release--has a certain appropriateness, as it definitely marks several new ones for the band. One being that lyric-oriented songs account for nearly half of the material on the album. Technically, vocals are nothing new to Kneebody. The band included one track with vocals on their 2002 proto-Kneebody album Wendel. Its 2009 ...

Master Drummer Jason Harnell Breaks New Ground With Experimental CD And Multimedia Experience, Total Harnage

October 2, 2019

When Jason Harnell was six years old, his father, Grammy winning composer and arranger Joe Harnell, invited Louie Bellson to their house to hear the budding prodigy play. After playing a 15-minute solo, the legendary drummer handed the sticks to Jason and said, “Your turn.” When Jason finished, an impressed Bellson gave the boy his drum ...

Kneebody at Blue Note in Milan

by Roberto Cifarelli
May 26, 2019

Kneebody's Perfect

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 19, 2019

In less than two decades Kneebody has established itself as reference band of forward-looking musicians. With a brand new EP out, By Fire, their first release entirely dedicated to covers, a new outlet (the British musician-run reference label Edition Records), and new line-up following the departure of bassist Kaveh Rastegar, there's a been a lot going ...