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Kneebody's Perfect

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
April 19, 2019
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In less than two decades

Kneebody

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">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

bass, electric

" data-original-title="" title="">Kaveh Rastegar, there's a been a lot going on for this influential group. So this week we look back at their genre-bending work, and at the busy careers and eclectic collaborations of its members,

Adam Benjamin

keyboards

" data-original-title="" title="">Adam Benjamin,

Shane Endsley

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Shane Endsley, Kaveh Rastegar,

Ben Wendel

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Wendel and

Nate Wood

drums
b.1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Nate Wood

Happy listening!

Ben Allison
bass, acoustic
b.1966
" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
Kneebody "King Harvest (feat. Josh Dion)" By Fire (Edition) 0:17
Host talks 5:33
Kneebody "Uprising" Anti-Hero (Mot��ma) 7:33
Kneebody "The Blind" You Can Have Your Moment (Winter and Winter) 14:29
Kneebody "Never Remember" Kneebody Live, Vol. 1 (Colortone) 17:49
Host talks 22:30
Kneebody "Hold on Longer (feat. Gerald Clayton)" By Fire (Edition) 25:03
Shane Endsley "After the Snake Pit" 2nd Guess (Self-released) 28:36
Ben Wendel "Fall" What We Bring (Motema) 37:23
Host talks 41:50
Kneebody "Break Me" Kneebody (Greenleaf) 43:26
Kneebody &
Daedelus
" data-original-title="" title="">Daedelus "Move" Kneedelus (Brainfeeder) 48:50
Theo Bleckmann
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Theo Bleckmann & Kneebody "Songs My Mother Taught Me" Twelve Songs by Charles Ives (Winter and Winter) 52:18
Host talks 59:19
Kneebody "Sick Talk (feat.
Becca Stevens
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Becca Stevens)" By Fire (Edition) 1:00:45
Kaveh Rastegar "Cuento Ilogico (feat.
Gaby Moreno
vocals
b.1981
" data-original-title="" title="">Gaby Moreno)" Light of Love (Ropeadope) 1:05:09
Nate Wood "Become" Reliving (Self-released) 1:09:20
Adam Benjamin "Long Gone" Long Gone (Kind of Blue) 1:15:21
Host talks 1:20:43
Shane Endsley "Dum Dee Dum Dum Dee" 2nd Guess (Self-released) 1:22:25
Ben Wendel "Maupin" Simple Song (Sunnyside) 1:29:16
Billy Mohler
bass
b.1975
" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Mohler "Visible Light" Focus (MAKE) 1:34:54
Host talks 1:39:09
Tony Scott
clarinet
1921 - 2007
" data-original-title="" title="">Tony Scott "Nina's Dance" A Jazz Life (Kind of Blue) 1:40:45
Ben Wendel &
Dan Tepfer
piano
b.1982
" data-original-title="" title="">Dan Tepfer "Line Up" Small Constructions (Sunnyside) 1:45:09
Adam Benjamin "Countdown" It's a Standard, Standard, Standard, Standard World (Self-released) 1:49:26
Adam Benjamin "All the Things You Are" It's a Standard, Standard, Standard, Standard World (Self-released) 1:50:11
Nate Wood "Giving" Four X.it (Self-released) 1:51:18
Host talks 1:55:55
Ro Sham Beaux
" data-original-title="" title="">Ro Sham Beaux "Bearblade" Ro Sham Beaux (Red Piano) 1:58:48
Zing!
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">Zing! "Boo Boo Bah Bah" Magnetic Flux (ears&eyes) 2:04:14
Hat
" data-original-title="" title="">Hat "Molaria Molaria" Local Hat (Selfish) 2:09:53
Host talks 2:13:14
Wendel "Kneebodi" Wendel (Wendel) 2:15:42

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