As far as album titles go, Kneebody’s Chapters is pretty damn on the nose. The record, which came out in October, is the instrumental avant-pop-jazz omnivores’ first full-length since they announced the departure of founding bassist Kaveh Rastegar last February, along with their transformation from a lean five-piece into an even leaner quartet. It’s the […]
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Kneebody blend rhythmic muscularity and lyric tenderness on their new album Anti-Hero
Muscular quintet Kneebody have spent more than a decade pushing against the limitations of jazz, forging an instrumental approach distinguished by high-level improvisation and a bruising ensemble attack. The band’s strong new album Anti-Hero (Motema) builds on that tradition: it’s essentially jazz-rock fusion, though their sound underlines the uselessness of that coinage. Drummer Nate Wood, […]
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Theo Bleckmann comes to town
Uncategorizable New York singer Theo Bleckmann performs with percussionist and composer John Hollenbeck on Wednesday at Heaven Gallery.