Kneebody

Kneebody Artist: Kneebody
Label: Koch Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD


UPC: 099923581321
EAN: 0099923581321
ASIN: B0007LXP3Q


Release Date: 2005-03-22

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Tracks:

  1. Break Me
  2. Clime Pt.I
  3. Never Remember
  4. The Comedian
  5. Wide Eyed
  6. I'm Your General
  7. Victory Lap
  8. Coat Rack
  9. Halfway to Scranton
  10. Everywhere From There to There
  11. Clime Pt.II
  12. Perfect

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Kneebody rules.......2006-08-23

the cover of this album discribes the overall feeling of this album, 'a rainy day at the airport leaving a big city' if you're a fan of jazz music and appreciate good music than what are you waiting for this album is absolutely great. it creates a great relaxed environment, it's phenomonal!!!!

Kneebody writes great music that you can listen to all the time...you will not regret buy this album

Check it out...IT'S AWESOME!!!!!

5 out of 5 stars An Amazing Album!.......2005-07-11

A great blend of jazz, rock, hip-hop, funk, and electronica! Beautiful, creative, and inventive stuff! Please give it a sample!

5 out of 5 stars The hippest instrumental music I've heard in a long time!.......2005-06-12

I was too young to remember Miles' Bitches Brew. I do remember how excited I was about Weather Report. Wasn't too crazy about the Pat Metheney Group, but did recognize its appeal to the masses. All these groups were the product of their times, unafraid to incorporate the many influences swirling around which many straight-ahead jazz musicians wouldn't dare touch, like rock and electronics. And they were exciting because they were taking risks.

So what would such a band sound like today? I say it would be like Kneebody. Tight compositions, amazing musicianship, improvisation, which are so in tune with 'now'. What makes it sound so current? First, the amazing compositions. You have to hear them to know what I'm talking about so at the very least, before you leave this page, listen to the clips. Then the groove. It is grungy, dirty, totally rockin', and often it's in odd meters although one wouldn't even be thinking about such things when listening to this album. And the sounds itself, the different sound effects and electronics which is so tastefully used, just enough to make you wonder what kind of music it really is. The occasional burning solos, occasional because most of the music is totally group based, adds an exciting contrast, artfully avoiding the jazz trap of endless cycle of soloists blowing over the same changes in the same meter in the same tempo.

This is a CD which must have required a lot of thought and time spent together by the group. It's on Dave Douglas' new label, which gives it an added twist. What kind of music is it, really? For me, the answer is clear. It doesn't matter. It's the hippest instrumental music I've heard in a long time.

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  1. Heavy Sounds ~ Elvin Jones
  2. Getz/Gilberto #2 ~ Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto
  3. Primal Roots ~ Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77
  4. Now! ~ Bobby Hutcherson
  5. Total Eclipse ~ Billy Cobham
  6. From the Soul ~ Joe Lovano
  7. Contemporary Concepts ~ Stan Kenton
  8. Shelf-Life ~ Uri Caine & Bedrock
  9. Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane ~ Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
  10. Something to Believe In ~ Carmen Lundy

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Into the Purple Valley ~ Ry Cooder

Denver, CO 9/25/03 ~ Twinemen

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