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Article: Live Review

Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 2: January 8, 2011

by Daniel Lehner
January 11, 2011

Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 Kirk Knuffke Quartet Trumpeter Kirk Knuffke certainly has an enthusiasm for the “hot" jazz of the 1920's, even if it isn't straight from the source. Knuffke's quartet--co-fronted by trombonist Brian Drye, and backed by ...

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Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 1: January 7, 2011

by Daniel Lehner
January 9, 2011

Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 Since the informal move of jazz to the cities in the 1930s, the lore and legend of jazz compositions have lain in streets and places. The most common ones were the clubs, where innovations in jazz were ...

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Transmit - Vol. 2 of the Music of Steve Lacy

By Kirk Knuffke

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: 01. As Usual; 02. Flakes; 03. The Dumps; 04. Longing; 05. Clichés; 06. The Breath; 07. Papa’s Midnite Hop.

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Chew Your Food

By Kirk Knuffke

Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Chirpy; The Work; Sung The Same; Whatever's Next; That's A Shame; Chew Your Food; Motor; Loading; Grummet.

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Amnesia Brown

By Kirk Knuffke

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: How It Goes; Double; Level; Amnesia Brown; 2nd; Red Bag; Leadbelly; Practical Sampling; Hears It; Totem; Need; Fix It, Charlie; High-Pants Bob; Narrative; Please Help, Please Give; Anne.

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Brian Drye: Bizingas

Read "Bizingas" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
December 5, 2010

Bizingas is the self-titled debut of trombonist Brian Drye's quartet of the same name. A versatile stylist whose resume includes stints with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Slavic Soul Party and indie rock stars like Arcade Fire, Drye's eclecticism is a common trait in the fertile Brooklyn scene he calls home, where his protean sensibility is best ...

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Kirk Knuffke: Chew Your Food

Read "Chew Your Food" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
December 4, 2010

Originally from Colorado, trumpeter Kirk Knuffke has been based in the Big Apple since 2005. Though he may be best known as a member of drummer Matt Wilson's celebrated Quartet, the brass man also leads his own quartet, with two previous recordings for the prolific Portuguese Clean Feed label, while he and pianist Jesse Stacken also ...

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Brian Drye: Bizingas

Read "Bizingas" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
November 27, 2010

Trombonist/composer Brian Drye is a modern musician for whom jazz is but one ingredient in his music. To him, the term is merely a pigeonhole, meant to typecast and eventually marginalize his work. He is not alone in this prescience, on Bizingas, Drye is accompanied by three visionary and quixotic players: cornetist Kirk Knuffke; guitarist Jonathan ...

News: Performance / Tour

This Week @ The Cornelia Street Cafe November 15-21, 2010

November 16, 2010

his Week @ The CORNELIA STREET CAFE—NOVEMBER 15-21, 2010 Showtimes: Weeknights: 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM, Weekends: 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM and 10:30 PM (doors open @ 5:45 PM-early shows, & @ 8:30 PM-late shows) Admission: Cover charge varies, when known, indicated below November 15-21 @ The Cornelia Street Cafe: Tuesday, November 16 ...

Article: Album Review

Ideal Bread: Transmit - Vol. 2 of the Music of Steve Lacy

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 8, 2010

Un sax baritono, “tubo" intrinsecamente privo di quell'allusività, quella magica obliquità, che dimorano invece generose nelle pieghe della musica di Steve Lacy, sta al centro di questo nuovo omaggio del quartetto newyorchese al grande sopranista, di cui viene riletta una manciata di temi solo in parte fra i suoi più alti (mancano - anche dal precedente ...