Justin Amolsch - Trumpet, French Horn; Bill Ashby - Guitar, Vocals; Tyson Ellert - Percussion; AJ Gomez - Alto Sax; Wilson Hogan - Tenor Sax; Eric Kopp - Trumpet, Flugel Horn; John Sefner - Bass Guitar; Nick Siegal - Trumpet
Influences
Players we admire: Bird and Cannonball Booker Little, Dave Douglas, Adolph Herseth, Clark Terry, James Jamerson, Dennis Brain, Trey Anastasio, Charlie Christian, David Murray, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Ben Webster, Wayne Shorter, Vinnie Colaiuta.
From our greatest records of all time list: Let my Children, Mingus; The White Album; Kind of Blue, Miles; Kid A, Radiohead; Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder; Mahlers Seventh Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins; Eric Dolphy and Booker Little Live at the Five Spot; Overcast and Sevens Travels, Atmosphere; Emerson String Quartet: The complete Shostokovich String Quartets; Cradle of Filth, Darkness and Her Embrace; Porgy and Bess, Miles Davis/Gil Evans; Mingus, Ah Um; Houses of the Holy, Led Zepplin; Rushmore Soundtrack; One Size Fits All; Quadraphenia; Exile on Main Street; Giant Steps; Blood On the Tracks; Abbey Road; Take Five; CSO under Bernstein Schostakovich 7th; Al di Meola's Elegant Gypsy; OK Computer, Radiohead; Islands, King Crimson; Joshua Judges Ruth, Lyle Lovett; Wowee Zowee, Pavement; Mathieson, Landau, Colaiuta, Laboriel, Live at The Baked Potato; Doyle Bramhall 11, Jellycream; Bob Schnieder, Lonelyland; Van Morrison, Astral Weeks; Steely Dan, Aja; Joni Mitchell, Blue; Tom Waits, Franks Wild Years; John Coltrane Quartet, Crescent; Thelonious Monk, Straight No Chaser; Abbey Lincoln, Abbey is Blue; Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil;
Schubert, Die Schone Mullerin, Die Winterreise; Janacek, piano works; Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Petrouchka; Canteloube, Songs of the Auvergne; Shostakovich, Symphony no. 5
Records that have influenced our musicality: Kurt Elling in Chicago; Mellon Collie, Pumpkins; Giant Steps, Coltrane; birth of the cool, Miles; Ill Communication, Beastie Boys; Mahlers Fifth Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Lee Morgan: The Procrastinator; Emerson String Quartet Live at the Aspen Music Festival: String Quartets by Smetana, Janácek, and Mendelssohn; Prince, Purple Rain; Nirvana, In Utero; Cradle of Filth, Darkness and Her Embrace; Introducing the Asbury BQ; Chet Baker Plays; Clark Terry, Portraits; Kind of Blue and Quiet Nights, Miles Davis; Led Zeppelin II; Quadraphenia; The Rhino Meters Compilation; Motown Hits Volume 2; HooDoo Man Blues; CSO under Solti Mahler Complete Symphonies 1991; Picture of Nectar, Phish; Africa Brass Sessions, John Coltrane; 3 Suites, Duke Ellington; Ah Um, Charles Mingus; Hot August Night, Neil Diamond; Live At the Baked potato; Ten Summoners Tales; Joes Garage, Scarlets Walk; Under The Wishing tree; Charlie Sexton; Dexter Gordon, A Swingin Affair; David Murray, Mings Samba; John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman; Bill Evans Trio at the Village Vanguard; Miles, Round About Midnight
Songs we wish we wrote: Dont you Worrybout a thing, Stevie; America, Paul Simon; But not for me; Donna Lee; Yesterday; Amazing Grace; Shes Already Made up her Mind, Lyle Lovett; Sugar Mountain, Neil Young; Hot Burrito ..1, Gram Parsons; River Man, Nick Drake; Lush Life, Billy Strayhorn; For No One, The Beatles
Sounds Like
Playful, passionate, and pretty, Ropy arcs of creamy trumpet sound, sensitive, understated, solid, Not Good Enough, Technical, concise, consistent, singer/songwriter, Contemporary, Musical, Creative, linear, angular and three-dimensional
7th Kind is a Chicago-based art rock band. We've been playing together since 2001, and over the years, we've developed our sound -- energetic music that is meticulously charted, yet inspired and accessible. Initially, our vision was unfocused. We wanted to play rock, as well as tunes which betrayed our jazz and classical influences. Our first gig was at The Mutiny, familiar to many a Chicago band that needs a first gig. Our set list included original arrangements of tunes by Horace Silver, Sergei Prokofiev, and Henry Purcell's Dido's Lament. Our gracious friends cheered us on while the regulars screamed for "Tom Sawyer," for some reason. We don't know why they picked us to cover their favorite Rush tune. After surviving some growing pains over the next couple of years, the band developed a sound that was unplanned and unforeseeable. The music started to come a little more effortlessly and we became aware of what we were trying to accomplish. We learned our particular craft at Chicago clubs like The Elbo Room, Beat Kitchen, and Wise Fools Pub. In June of 2004, we self-released a live studio album, Collapsing the Wave, and we are currently in the studio working on a new record, engineered by Michael Mullowney. We will release these recordings on Notethrower.com as they become available. For information on shows, new releases, and other good news, or to get on our email list, please visit our website, 7thkind.com.
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THE LITTLE MERMAID
Music by LERA AUERBACH
Choreography by JOHN NEUMEIER
Hamburg Ballet - Staatsoper Hamburg
July 1, 3, 14 • 2007
September 3, 4, 5, 6 • 2007
November 3, 5 • 2007
February 5 • 2008
Hey folks,
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Our Live-DVD will be released on the 1st of February 2007!
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