Peter Kienle[Pee-tur Keen-lee] n. 1 : a guitar and chapman stick playing kwyjibo 2 : a composer and arranger of many pieces of music for a kwyjibo ensemble 3 : a current or former member of many other ensembles including Beeblebrox, Third Man, and the Monika Herzig Acoustic Project
Joe Donnelly[Jo Don-u-lee]n. 1 : a tenor and baritone saxophone playing kwyjibo 2 : a musical term for someone who “wants to rattle some sacks!” 3 : a current or former member of many musical ensembles including Orquesta Son, Salaam, Brian Winterman and the Delusion Train.
Matt Everhart [Mat Ev-ur-hart]n.1 : an electric Bass playing kwyjibo of the fretted and fretless variety 2 : a musical term for someone who always rattles some sacks 3 : a current or former member of many musical ensembles including Sinclair, The Jenn Christy Band and the Snake Oil Medicine Show.
Dan Deckard[Dan Dek-urd]n. 1 : a drumset playing kwyjibo 2 : a musician with outstanding sphincter control 3 : a current or former member of too many bands to list in this, or even an unabridged dictionary.
Influences
Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, John Scofield, Pink Floyd, Return to Forever, Pat Metheny, Billy Cobham, Wayne Shorter
kwyjibo[kwee-jee-bo] n. 1 : a bald, overweight, North American ape of below average intelligence. 2 a : an electric jazz ensemble from Midwestern North America b : a musical ensemble consisting of electric guitar, electric bass guitar, chapman stick, drumset, and saxophones all played by one or more kwyjibos. 3 : a musical ensemble formed in the early twenty first century which plays original, electric jazz as well as the music of the mid to late twentieth century “Jazz Fusion”kwyjibo. 4 : The trance-like state of mind which one enters when listening to the music of the kwyjibo as in “ Whoa dude, I just had a kwyjibo!”
Hey - Just wanted to drop you a quick note and invite you to an Acoustic / Singer-Songwriter Open_Mic at Jake's (in Bloomington) every Tuesday evening. A sign-up list is put out at 7pm, and performers start playing at 8pm; PLUS, "Bands" will also be welcome to play and have 45minutes to perform (two slots, starting at 11pm with 15min's to set-up & take-down = 1hr.total). It's also a great opportunity to work on new material. We are working on having a "feature" night(s), at venues in Bloomington, Indy, Louisville, and even Nashville (TN) for the best performances ,,, Hope to see you there ! Scott-e-B.
We are very excited about playing at such an awesome jazz club. We have some great sets lined up for you, so don't miss it. Friday and Saturday November 20th and 21st, 5:00-8:30p at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago
Aaron Koppel -Guitar, Matt Nelson; (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) -Keyboard, Graham Czach; (Chicago Afrobeat Project) -bass, Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos) -drums
hey
so we're back again with new members and completely new songs. It would be cool if you could check out our page and let us know what you think, even if you don't think anything of it. We have all the info on what's been happening in our new blog. We are playing shows again so come see one and come talk to us.
-and again sorry for commenting like this.
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