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Kneebody live at The Triple Door

Ben Wendell of Kneebody performing at The Triple Door on Sepetember 23, 2018.
Parker Miles Blohm
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KNKX
Ben Wendell of Kneebody performing at The Triple Door on Sepetember 23, 2018.

One of the world's foremost modern jazz groups, Kneebody, exudes rock 'n' roll energy with chamber music sensibilities and dynamic, angular compositions. They're a communal group collecting the sax and trumpet work of Ben Wendel and Shane Endsley, respectively. With the keyboard skills of Adam Benjamin and the bass and drums rhythm section of Kaveh Rastegar and Nate Wood, Kneebody have developed a genre all their own.

The group happily takes on the "jazz" moniker, however, proceeding to alter listeners expectations of what "jazz" is. Though each player keeps a busy schedule of his own, they will always return to this band, bringing with them new influences that contribute to Kneebody's constant evolution.

Musicians:

  • Adam Benjamin
  • Shane Endsley
  • Ben Wendel
  • Nate Wood
  • Kaveh Rastegar

Setlist:

  1. For The Fallen
  2. Drum Battle
  3. Unforeseen Influences
  4. Chapters
  5. The Non-Profit Prince Of Lexington
  6. Uprising
  7. For Mikie Lee

Parker Miles Blohm works closely with KNKX's News and Music teams to develop visual stories and media online. He studied photojournalism at the University of Missouri and previously worked at NPR.