Witness
Kirk Knuffke (cornet), Steven Herring (baritone), Ben Goldberg (contra alto clarinet, clarinet), Russ Lossing (piano)
This Colorado-born cornetist’s chamberjazz quartet features a classical baritone vocalist, Steven Herring, and does a decent job of bringing cohesion to an unlikely blend of influences ranging...
Witness
Kirk Knuffke (cornet), Steven Herring (baritone), Ben Goldberg (contra alto clarinet, clarinet), Russ Lossing (piano)
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This Colorado-born cornetist’s chamberjazz quartet features a classical baritone vocalist, Steven Herring, and does a decent job of bringing cohesion to an unlikely blend of influences ranging...
About
Two extraordinary talents from the two totally independent discipline of art forms are meeting here to create a genuinely unique musical experience for us. Kirk Knuffke one of the most prominent of jazz cornetist and New York’s up
and coming operatic baritone singer Steven Herring present here, to quote the liner-note author Neil Tesser, “an album that juxtaposes conservatory and nightclub, improvisation and spoken word, the sacred and the secular, into one of the most unusual and inventive projects of Knuffke’s career.” Knuffke’s previous release ‘Cherryco’ (SCCD31832) was awarded National Public Radio (USA)’s Jazz Album of the Year 2017.
Contents and tracklist
- Kirk Knuffke, Russ Lossing, Ben Goldberg, Steven Herring
- Kirk Knuffke, Russ Lossing, Ben Goldberg, Steven Herring
- Kirk Knuffke, Russ Lossing, Ben Goldberg, Steven Herring
- Kirk Knuffke, Russ Lossing, Ben Goldberg, Steven Herring
- Kirk Knuffke, Russ Lossing, Ben Goldberg, Steven Herring
- Kirk Knuffke, Russ Lossing, Ben Goldberg, Steven Herring
- Kirk Knuffke, Russ Lossing, Ben Goldberg, Steven Herring
- Kirk Knuffke, Russ Lossing, Ben Goldberg, Steven Herring
- Kirk Knuffke, Russ Lossing, Ben Goldberg, Steven Herring
- Kirk Knuffke, Russ Lossing, Ben Goldberg, Steven Herring
- Kirk Knuffke, Russ Lossing, Ben Goldberg, Steven Herring
- Kirk Knuffke, Russ Lossing, Ben Goldberg, Steven Herring
Awards and reviews
March 2019
This Colorado-born cornetist’s chamberjazz quartet features a classical baritone vocalist, Steven Herring, and does a decent job of bringing cohesion to an unlikely blend of influences ranging from spirituals and opera through to Henry Mancini and Sun Ra.
February 2019
... on Witness he’s delivered the most audacious project of his prolific career, partnering with classical baritone Steven Herring to make surprising connections among opera, spirituals and free-jazz.
