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KBP–Kal Bergendahl Project
April 21, 2018 @ 8:00 pm
Free
The Kal Bergendahl Project (KBP) is a six-piece instrumental jazz-funk band. The vibrant unit features some of SE Wisconsin’s most familiar jazz faces displaying extraordinary musicianship and technical precision.
Blending free-flowing funk and memorable melodies; the ensemble is driven by a stellar horn section.
Groove and melodic hooks are constantly weaved in their deeply focused musical landscape of Jazz-Funk, R&B and Soul.
By exercising the vocabulary of popular music in the environment of jazz, KBP has a youthful, pop edge permeating their sound.
“Melody, melody, melody.” says composer and bandleader Bergendahl. “For me in my writing and in the music I enjoy, I’m always focusing on the melody. Ultimately that’s what sticks in the listeners ear and what makes a tune memorable. Being a bass player, I love the groove but I try to always make it serve the melody.”
The groups most recent release “Parallels Ch. 1” came out in 2016.
Some notable performances include: Jazz at Five-Madison, Bastille Days-MKE, Bayview Jazz Fest-MKE, Lakefront Fest of Art-MKE, Chill on the Hill-MKE, Music Under Glass-MKE, Square Tunes-Glendale, Jeans Jazz Series-Racine, Party on the Pavement-Racine, Craft Beer Fest-Sheboygan, Jazz Crawl for the Arts-Plymouth, Fondue Fest-Fond Du Lac, Celebrate Jazz-Kenosha, UW Parkside-Kenosha, Carthage College-Kenosha, Twilight Jazz-Kenosha, Concerts in the Park-Lake Geneva.
Blending free-flowing funk and memorable melodies; the ensemble is driven by a stellar horn section.
Groove and melodic hooks are constantly weaved in their deeply focused musical landscape of Jazz-Funk, R&B and Soul.
By exercising the vocabulary of popular music in the environment of jazz, KBP has a youthful, pop edge permeating their sound.
“Melody, melody, melody.” says composer and bandleader Bergendahl. “For me in my writing and in the music I enjoy, I’m always focusing on the melody. Ultimately that’s what sticks in the listeners ear and what makes a tune memorable. Being a bass player, I love the groove but I try to always make it serve the melody.”
The groups most recent release “Parallels Ch. 1” came out in 2016.
Some notable performances include: Jazz at Five-Madison, Bastille Days-MKE, Bayview Jazz Fest-MKE, Lakefront Fest of Art-MKE, Chill on the Hill-MKE, Music Under Glass-MKE, Square Tunes-Glendale, Jeans Jazz Series-Racine, Party on the Pavement-Racine, Craft Beer Fest-Sheboygan, Jazz Crawl for the Arts-Plymouth, Fondue Fest-Fond Du Lac, Celebrate Jazz-Kenosha, UW Parkside-Kenosha, Carthage College-Kenosha, Twilight Jazz-Kenosha, Concerts in the Park-Lake Geneva.