kennygrohowski/2015/01/06/the-new-year/ Greetings and happy new year to all of you! I hope everyone has been enjoying their acclimation into the year of Back to the Future Part II, where on my birthday Marty and Doc Brown will discover self-lacing shoes, self-drying clothes, hover boards and hover cars, as well as a crazy resurgence of futuristic 80’s fashion. So far, one of those things has come to pass… Anyhow, It’s been a while since i’ve written, but there’s a quite a bit to talk about now, so I’ll just keep it as brief as i possibly can. (You all know that I can’t keep anything brief). As though of you who follow my personal account of FB know, i’ve recently undergone surgery to remove two problematic wisdom teeth. Despite the fact that my teeth evidently hook at the roots, making it rather difficult to extract them, I am recovering well with not too much pain, just a dull throb and wooziness from the medication. I’ve been taking this time off to prepare for next week’s recording session as we head back into Eastside Sound with Marc Urselli at the helm, to work on the follow up to John Zorn’s upcoming release, ‘Simulacra’, an Organ Rock trio featuring Matt Hollenberg of Cleric, John Medeski and myself. For this next installment, we will be joined by Marc Ribot and Trevor Dunn. This record will pick up where Simulacra left off, and take it into an even crazier direction. I’m getting carpal tunnel just thinking about it! As that develops I will upload pics and what not, but in the meantime, look for Simulacra to be released in February through Tzadik Label. Around the same time, the new IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT full length will be available through Code666! This album features both myself and Alex Cohen of Pyrrhon and MALIGNANCY, my first time recording on a Black Metal record. We had a ton of fun making it and also destroying the sound all at once and believe me when i say that this record in parts makes me uncomfortable. Seriously uncomfortable. Coming up this month as well, Dapp Theory will be participating in this years CMA and APAP conferences, performing the music off of our newest release, Forward In All Directions, available now through Whirlwind Recordings Ltd. Though initially recorded in 2011 with Jimmy Haslip at Tedesco Studios by the man himself, Tom Tedesco, it was released this last September and oddly enough, has been met with great approval over in the UK. If you haven’t grabbed a copy you should. If your a fan of my work, or a curious newcomer, this is easily one of the records that I am more proud of. I rarely say this, but in this case it is true. Dapp Theory was one of favorite bands while at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and once I found out that Andy Milne taught there, I immediately signed up to audition. Growing up as a child primarily addicted to Prog-Rock, Fusion, Latin Jazz, and then later on the rest of the wide umbrella of Jazz, I found Dapp Theory to be something that spoke to me instantaneously. Andy has been a dear friend and mentor ever since. Lastly, I’m happy to announce that I will be performing with Felix Pastorius at this year’s Bass Bash taken place during the 2015 NAMM Show over. I’m already nervous but totally thrilled. We will play trio with saxophonist and long time cohort, Christopher Joseph Ward. Thank you for taking the time to read all this and I will see you all very soon! I’ll have a few more show announcements for this month and a few other musical endeavors as well, but for now, be well and thanks for checking in! Cheers, Kenny
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 01:35:59 +0000
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