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The Jim Knapp Orchestra

The Jim Knapp Orchestra: Secular Breathing

by Jack Bowers
August 25, 2003

The cleverly titled Secular Breathing is the third recording by composer/arranger Jim Knapp's Seattle-area orchestra and arguably the best to date, thanks to Knapp's handsome and provocative charts, the presence of guest trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and the return of former JKO drummer Jon Wikan, who now lives in New York City. Knapp's richly textured arrangements lend ...

Things for Now

By The Jim Knapp Orchestra

Label: A-Records
Released: 2000

The Jim Knapp Orchestra: Things for Now

by Jack Bowers
February 1, 2000

On Things for Now, Jim Knapp has managed without using smoke or mirrors to raise my emotional response from lukewarm (to his earlier release, On Going Home ) to near–molten. He has done so simply by presenting a series of colorful charts that gladden one’s ear and swing under any and all conditions. While the band ...