Kirk Knuffke
Kirk Michael Knuffke (* 1980 in Denver ) is an American jazz trumpeter and cornet player .
Life
Knuffke grew up in Colorado and has lived in New York City since 2005 . There he studied improvisation with Ornette Coleman , Art Lande and Ron Miles . Since then he has released a number of albums under his own name for the label Clead Feed , No Business and - together with the pianist Jesse Stacken - for SteepleChase Records , including an album with compositions by Charles Mingus . He has also worked with Matt Wilson / Mary Halvorson , Butch Morris , the Andrew D'Angelo Big Band, Josh Rosemans Extended Constellations , Jeff Davis , Federico Ughi , Lisle Ellis , in the Ideal Bread quartet and in Kenny Wollesen's formation Wollesonic . In Europe he performed a. a. appearing at festivals in Saalfelden , Willisau and the North Sea Jazz Festival . Knuffke counts Lester Bowie's playing and the compositional work of Steve Lacy to be among his influences . He performed at the 2014 SWR NEWJazz Meeting with Melissa Aldana , Jakob Bro , Joe Martin , Jacob Sacks and RJ Miller .
In 2015 he won the Down Beat Critic Polls in the Rising Star category.
Discographic notes
- Big Wig (Clean Feed, 2008) with Brian Drye
- Amnesia Brown (Clean Feed, 2008) with Kenny Wollesen and Doug Wieselman
- Chew Your Food (No Business, 2009) with Kenny Wollesen and Lisle Ellis
- Jesse Stacken & Kirk Knuffke: Mockingbird - The Music of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington (Steeplechase, 2009)
- Kirk Knuffke & Jess Stacken, Orange Was The Color (Steeplechase, 2011)
- Kirk Knuffke & Mike Pride : The Exterminating Angel ( Not Two Records , 2012)
- Karl Berger & Kirk Knuffke: Moon ( NoBusiness Records , 2015)
- Michael Bisio & Kirk Knuffke: Row for William O. (Relative Pitch Records, 2016)
- Kirk Knuffke & Whit Dickey : Fierce Silence (Clean Feed, 2016)
- Cherryco (Steeplechase, 2017)
- Kirk Knuffke & Ben Goldberg : Uncompahgre (Relative Pitch, 2018)
- Witness (Steeplechase, 2018)
- Whit Dickey & Kirk Knuffke: Drone Dream (2019)
- Brightness: Live in Amsterdam (Royal Potato Family, 2020)
Web links
- Knuffke's website
- Portrait at Clean Feed
- Kirk Knuffke at Allmusic (English)
- Kirk Knuffke at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait at Clean Feed ( Memento from December 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knuffke, Kirk |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knuffke, Kirk Michael (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter and cornet player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Denver , Colorado |