Kirk Knuffke
Kirk Knuffke (born April 21, 1980) is an American cornetist and composer based in New York City..[1]
Career[edit]
Knuffke was born in Colorado and moved to New York City in 2005 where he began playing with Butch Morris [2]. Knuffke has recorded and toured with guitarist Charlie Hunter and drummers Matt Wilson and Allison Miller[3]. Knuffke won DownBeat's Rising Star Award for trumpet in 2015 [4]and placed ninth in DownBeat's Annual Critic's Poll for trumpet in 2018 [5]. His 2017 album CherryCo was names NPR's Jazz Album of the Year by critic Francis Davis[6]. Knuffke is self-taught [7] but has studied privately with Ron Miles [8] and Ornette Coleman [9]
Discography[edit]
As leader[edit]
- Big Wig (Clean Feed, 2008)
- Amnesia Brown (Clean Feed, 2010)
- Chew Your Food (No Business, 2010)
- Chorale (Steeple Chase, 2015)
- Lamplighter (FreshSound, 2014)
- Arms and Hands (Royal Potato Family, 2015)
- Cherryco (SteepleChase, 2017)
- Witness (SteepleChase, 2018)
As co-leader[edit]
The Ideal Bread
- Ideal Bread (KMB Jazz, 2008)
- Transmit (Cuneiform, 2010)
- Beating the Teens (Cuneiform, 2014)
With Jesse Stacken
- Five (SteepleChase, 2009)
- Mockingbird (SteepleChase, 2009)
- Orange Was the Color (SteepleChase, 2011)
- Like a Tree with Kenny Wollesen (SteepleChase, 2011)
- Satie (SteepleChase, 2016)
With Mike Pride
- The Exterminating Angel (Not Two Records, 2010)
With Steve Swell
- Fenyman's Diagrams (NACHT Record, 2010)
With Brian Drye
- Leaf Spring (NCM East Records, 2011)
With Ted Brown
- Pound Cake with John Hebert and Matt Wilson (SteepleChase, 2011)
With Steven Gauci and Ken Filiano
- Chasing Tales (Relative Pitch, 2012)
With Michael Bisio
- Row for William O. (Relative Pitch, 2016)
With Ben Goldberg
- Uncompahgre (Relative Pitch, 2017)
As sideman[edit]
With Butch Morris
- L'Amour Cache Film Soundtrack (2006)
- Nublu Orchestra (Nublu Records, 2006)
- Nublu Orchestra Live at the Saalfelden Jazz Festival (Nublu Records, 2010)
With Josh Ritter
- The Historical conquests of Josh Ritter (Sony Victor/ Independent Records, 2007)
With Federico Ughi
- Garden of Gifts (577 Records, 2009)
- Federico Ughi Quartet (FMR Records, 2011)
With Jeff Davis
- We Sleep Outside (Loyal Label, 2010)
- Dragon Father (Fresh Sound, 2013)
Bizingas
- Bizingas (NCM East Records, 2010)
- Eggs Up High (NCM East Records, 2015)
With Andy Biskin
- Ibid (Strudelmedia, 2012)
With Chris Welcome
- Wasteland, Untitled Colors (ERM, 2012)
With Max Johnson
- Elevated Vegetation (FMR Records, 2012)
- The Invisible Trio (Fresh Sound, 2014)
- Something Familiar (Fresh Sound, 2015)
With Jeff Lederer
- Swing n' Dix (Little ( i ) Music, 2012)
With Petr Cancura
- Down Home (RootsToBoot Music, 2013)
With Mary LaRose
- Reincarnation (Little (i) Music, 2013
With Matt Wilson
- Gathering Call with John Medeski (Palmetto, 2013)
- Beginning of a Memory (Palmetto, 2016)
With Rachel Friedman
- My Marching Band (Bea and Harriet Music, 2014)
With Matt Pavolka
- The Horns Band (Fresh Sound Records, 2014)
With David Ullman 8
- Corduroy (201 LSR Records, 2014)
With Honey Ear Trio +1
- Swivel (Little (i) Music, 2015)
With Kristo Rodzevski
- Batania (Much Prefer Records, 2015)
With Pierre Dørge
- Blui (Steeple Chase, 2015)
- The New Jungle Orchestra, Ubizza (SteepleChase, 2016)
- Soundscapes (Steeplechase, 2018)
With Charlie Hunter
- Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched In The Mouth (GroundUP, 2015)
With The Brooklyn Blowhards (Little (i) Music, 2016)
With Whit Dickey
- Fierce Silence (Clean Feed, 2016)
With Richard Sears
- Altadena with Tootie Health (Ropeadope Records, 2016)
With Uri Caine
- Calibrated Thickness (816 Music, 2016)
With Michael Bisio
- Accortet (Relative Pitch, 2015)
With Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom
- Otis Was a Polar Bear (Royal Potato Family, 2016)
With Michael Formanek, Ensemble Kolossus
- The Distance (ECM Records, 2016)
With Shakers and Bakers
- Heart Love (Little (i) Music, 2017)
With Greg Cordez
- Last Things Last (Greg Cordez Music, 2017)
With Frank Carlsberg Large Ensemble
- Monk Dreams Hallucinations and Nightmares (Red Piano, 2017)
With Allegra Levy
- Cities Between Us (SteepleChase, 2017)
With Michael Mussilami Trio +2
- Life Anthem (Playscape Records, 2018)
References[edit]
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- ↑ Collier, Matt. ""Kirk Knuffke"". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ↑ Collier, Matt. ""Kirk Knuffke"". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ↑ Micallef, Ken (January 2016). "Kirk Knuffke: 'True Individual'". DownBeat. 1 (83): 36–39.
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(help) - ↑ "63rd Annual Critics Poll" (PDF). Downbeat. 8 (82): 64. August 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ↑ "66th Annual Critics Poll". DownBeat. 8 (85): 53. August 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ↑ Davis, Francis. "The Jazz Albums Of 2017 And The Power Of Gatekeepers". NPR.org. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ↑ Micallef, Ken (January 2016). "Kirk Knuffke: 'True Individual'". DownBeat. 1 (83): 36–39.
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(help) - ↑ Collier, Matt. ""Kirk Knuffke"". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ↑ Levy, Aidan (October 2015). "Lessons from Ornette". JazzTimes: 16–17.