September 22, 2008 A long time without an update, but there is some new news to report. Joe Morris has finished mastering the banjo CD, and I hope to have it available by the middle of October. Those of you that have already ordered it, keep your eyes peeled for your copy. All copies pre-ordered will get a special surprise with their order (can’t say what it is quite yet though). Josh Sinton of Ideal Bread has informed me that he is working on booking some weekends for the group, so be on the lookout for your chance to see the band outside of NYC. I have also created  a release page for the MAP CD.

 

July 14, 2008 Thanks to the musicians and attendees for making the KMB Festival success. Josh Sinton and my good friend Bill Bartholomew were on the ground at the event, and Josh deserves more thanks than can be expressed for his hard work on the whole event. We’re hoping to do it again next year, with our expanding roster. Yes, an expanding roster. We have confirmed another release on KMB, the second disc from Tatsuya Nakatani’s MAP trio. MAP is Nakatani on percussion, Mary Halvorson on guitar and Reuben Radding on bass. The group’s previous effort featured Clayton Thomas on bass. The disc will be released in February, at the same time as the Roy Campbell, Jr. CD. I will create a release page as soon as I have a chance. One other bit of news is the Ideal Bread disc was reviewed in the June issue of WIRE, #292, as well as on Bagatellen, Citizen Jazz and in Cadence.  See the release page for the text.

 

May 22, 2008 Now available, advance tickets for the KMB Festival (see below for details). By buying your tickets online, you can just come to the show with photo ID and we’ll give you a card that will allow you to come and go throughout the evening. Also, Bill Shoemaker of pointofdeparture.org has written a great review for the Ideal Bread disc, check it out on the release page.

 

One night ($15):

Both nights ($25):

 

April 15, 2008 Posted some reviews found on the Internet that aren’t necessarily new, but that had escaped my notice. Check out the release pages for Ras Moshe, Matt Lavelle, Evil Eye, Eye Contact and Hooker/Mateen. Also, the KMB Jazz Festival’s lineup is set. Here are the details:

 

KMB JAZZ FESTIVAL

 Douglass Street Music Collective (formerly the CIM space)

295 Douglass Street, Brooklyn (between 3rd and 4th)

(Take 2, 3,4, 5,B, D, M, N, Q, R to Atlantic/Pacific)

$15/one night night $25/both

Music starts at 8pm

 

Sunday June 8

Roy Campbell, Jr.’s TAZZ (with Andrew Bemkey, Chris Sullivan and Michael ‘TA’ Thompson)

Ideal Bread (Josh Sinton, Kirk Knuffke, Reuben Radding, Tomas Fujiwara)

Transcendence Trio (Ras Moshe, Shayna Dulberger, Dave Ross)

Matt Lavelle solo

 

Monday, June 9

Sabir Mateen/William Hooker duo

Joe Morris solo banjo

Trio Caveat (Jonathan Moritz, James Ilgenfritz, John Mclellan)

Eye Contact (the return... Ryan Sawyer, Matt Heyner, Matt Lavelle)

 

As you can see, we are lucky enough to have the entire roster with the exception of Evil Eye playing, so please come out and support the label and these wonderful artists!