Special Event: Kneebody at The Nash

Shane Endsley - trumpet, Ben Wendel - tenor saxophone, Adam Benjamin - keyboard, Kaveh Rastegar - electric bass, Nate Wood - drums

“[Kneebody] creates everything-is-welcome here music that values the structure of pop, the thrum of rock and the feel-goodness of funk as much as the improvisation of jazz. The band’s fourth album, The Line, cements its disdain for boundary setting.” -- Jazz Times

Kneebody is keyboardist Adam Benjamin, trumpeter Shane Endsley, electric bassist Kaveh Rastegar, saxophonist Ben Wendel, and drummer Nate Wood. The band has no leader or rather, each member is the leader; they've developed their own musical language, inventing a unique cuing system that allows them each to change the tempo, key, style, and more in an instant....

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Shane Endsley - trumpet, Ben Wendel - tenor saxophone, Adam Benjamin - keyboard, Kaveh Rastegar - electric bass, Nate Wood - drums

“[Kneebody] creates everything-is-welcome here music that values the structure of pop, the thrum of rock and the feel-goodness of funk as much as the improvisation of jazz. The band’s fourth album, The Line, cements its disdain for boundary setting.” -- Jazz Times

Kneebody is keyboardist Adam Benjamin, trumpeter Shane Endsley, electric bassist Kaveh Rastegar, saxophonist Ben Wendel, and drummer Nate Wood. The band has no leader or rather, each member is the leader; they've developed their own musical language, inventing a unique cuing system that allows them each to change the tempo, key, style, and more in an instant.

“Putting a finger on a band like Kneebody is a bit like raising it to the wind. At any given moment, the group's artistic inclinations can whip in an unpredictable direction.” -- The Wall Street Journal

Kneebody makes their first appearance at The Nash, performing music from their latest release and debut on Concord Records, The Line. Kneebody's live shows are known for intense sonic landscapes of the Radiohead ilk, for the rhythmic bobast of a Squarepusher or Queens of the Stone Age show, and the harmonic depth and improvisational freedom experienced at a Brad Meldau concert. All "sounds-like" references can be set aside; Grammy-nominated Kneebody has created a genre and style all its own.

Admission: $20, $15 Students w/ ID ($40 for both concert & Masterclass, $30 Students w/ ID - PLEASE NOTE: Tickets for both events must be purchased during the same transaction for the discount to be applied.)

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