Wonk

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Released: Jan 1, 2009

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Genre: Funk / Jam Band / Nu-Jazz
Location LOS ANGELES, California, US
Profile Views: 8563
Last Login: 5/30/2011
Member Since 8/10/2009
Record Label Moja Sound
Type of Label Indie
Bio
WONK (Joel Alpers, Dan Boissy, Derek Frank, Anthony King, and Justin Reinhardt) is an ensemble of five Los Angeles-based musicians with a shared love of grooving instrumental music. The ten original compositions on their debut release combine elements of funk, jazz, R&B, rock, fusion, and old school soundtrack flavor; their incendiary live shows continue this diversified approach, mixing in unique arrangements of compositions from artists as wide-ranging as Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck, Curtis Mayfield, and Aerosmith. Collectively, the band brings many thousands of gigs' worth of seasoning to every note they play, with the goal of always giving their audience music that brims with energy, dynamics, and soul. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Members
Joel Alpers - drums and other stuff you hit .. Dan Boissy - saxophones and whistling .. Derek Frank - bass (the instrument that nobody hears) .. Anthony King - guitars, pedals, and whatever else makes loud noises .. Justin Reinhardt - keyboards (including that really heavy one that Derek has to lug to gigs for him) ..
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Sounds Like
If you can imagine Herbie Hancock & Jeff Beck getting together to score a 70's cop movie while playing some old Blue Note records in the background, that's kind of what we sound like.