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| The Show of the night,
though, might be at Harper’s Ferry – a funk
spectacular with the Sam Kininger Band (Kininger is
known for his work with Soulive). – Steve Morse,
The Boston Globe |
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| With his sharp
staccato sound, Kininger's forte is a crisp brand of
funk. In his world, there is no time to hang out in
a laidback groove. Instead, he and his musical cohorts
consistently attack the beat with precision. The result
is an infinitely danceable collection of driving rhythms.
- Brian Ferdman, Jambands.com |
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| I have to say that Sam definitely has
his own thing goin on now. Sam has gotten plenty of
experience, exposure, and consequently grown as a musician
which is evident on his self-titled debut as a leader.
His sound, his phrasing, his inflection, and his tone
were all on the money. – Wilton Elder, Radioiojam.com |
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| Sam Kininger, the man behind the sax-laden,
funked out grooves of Soulive began the festivities
Saturday with a smoking set of funk and jazz-fusion.
It's nice to see him take the lead role – Chris
Clark, Revolving Door Music Guide |
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| Kininger pushes poetry from his horn
to humble the haughtiest and his band ripped up the
room. Sam mixes world and Afro-Cuban rhythms, drum 'n'
bass, hip-hop, jazz and hard rock riffs. An eclectic
array of sounds and styles, certainly, but kept grounded
with the most stone-solid of grooves.. – EBK,
jambase.com |
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| With this release, Sam becomes Boston’s
MVFP. The F is for funk, and Boston's congenial badass
saxophonist knows all its colors and textures, from
its origins to what one listen to this debut will prove,
its future. - Phil DiPietro, allaboutjazz.com |
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| Soulive is known for pushing the boundaries
of soul jazz by making music that shows respect to its
forefathers yet expounds on their territory. With the
ensemble's third album, Next, guitarist Eric Krasno,
brothers Neal and Alan Evans on organ and drums, respectively,
and new one-man horn section Sam Kininger, root themselves
in the same ground they covered on previous albums,
but then branch out and embrace their contemporary influences
more than ever. Next is full of swaggering hip-hop beats,
guitar funk, jazzy horns and guest artists. - K.G. ROTH,
Rolling Stone Magazine |
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| Soulive are proof that jazz remains a
living organism that continually evolves from its past
to make music for the present. Now a quartet with their
addition of a saxophonist (Sam Kininger), Soulive brews
a seamless funky concoction of '60s jazz-organ grooves,
'70s funk, '90s acid-jazz, and fresh hip-hop that defies
classification --Mark Ruffin, Amazon.com |
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| Kininger's alto is a strong new presence.
Adding new definition to the band's ever expanding vocabulary.
“Sam is just an incredible musician," Neal
tells me. "He inspires us (Soulive) out on the
road night after night." - EMI Classics.com |
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| Kininger seamlessly slides into the band's
(Soulive) dynamic without altering the chemistry, pushing
the fast funk of “Whatever It Is” to terminal
velocity, plays sweet and low on the more pop-oriented
number “Joyful Girl” and “Ne-Ne”,
and trades some furious licks with Krasno near the end
of “Kalen.” – Jazz Review.com |
Boston’s Lettuce, featuring Eric Krasno and Sam
Kininger of Soulive, reunite for the first time on the
west coast in over three years. This ultra funky band
will blow your mind with an instrumental groove you
never knew existed. – mysterymachineproductions.com |
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