Wayne Krantz: On Tour In USA and Asia

Known globally for his uncompromising musical vision, staggering virtuosity and deep reserves of soul, Wayne Krantz is one of very few modern guitarists to venture beyond the instrument's limitations and create an identifiably original style and sound. Good Piranha/Bad Piranha is his full-throttle double-take on four contemporary pop and hip-hop songs, from which he plunders the textural, rhythmic and harmonic intrigue that has come to define each of his unique projects.Following 2012's critically acclaimed Howie 61?a record packed with cleverly arranged, hard-hitting original songs and a small army of masterful sidemen?Krantz has scaled back the setting and material for his tenth outing as a leader. Good Piranha/Bad Piranha finds his trio in the studio revisiting a selection of cover tunes they performed during legendary recent appearances at the 55 Bar in Greenwich Village.Presenting two distinct versions each of Pendulum's "Comprachicos," M.C. Hammer's "U Can't Touch This," Ice Cube's "My Skin is My Sin" and Radiohead vocalist Thom Yorke's "Black Swan," Krantz extracts and serves up a surprising range of nuance by switching up musicians and applying his inimitable instrumental inventiveness. Each song's multiple takes allow the group(s) to reimagine the material from unexpected angles, making use of subtle rhythmic and melodic shifts to frame a dazzling display of the guitarist's revered melodic and chordal innovations; he intertwines his stark, elastic tones with the familiar tunes' snaky rhythmic skeletons and insistent basslines to create wholly new works.DateVenueLocationFeb 11 The City Winery Nashville, TNFeb 12 Smiths Olde Bar Atlanta, GAFeb 13 Smokey Joe's Caf� Charlotte, NCFeb 15 Miraverse-Manifold Pittsboro, NCFeb 18 Sellersville Theater Sellersville, PAFeb 19 The Iridium Jazz Club New York, NYFeb 20 The Iridium Jazz Club New York, NYFeb 21 Jammin Java Vienna, VAFeb 27 TBC Mumbai, IndiaFeb 28 CounterCulture Bangalore, IndiaMar 06 Java Jazz Festival Jakarta, IndonesiaMar 07 Java Jazz Festival Jakarta, IndonesiaMar 08 Java Jazz Festival Jakarta, IndonesiaMar 10 Bangkok Bangkok, ThailandMar 12 Club Quatro Osaka, JapanMar 13 The Cotton Club Tokyo, JapanMar 14 The Cotton Club Tokyo, JapanMar 15 Riverside Taipei, ChinaMar 19 Jz Club Shanghai, ChinaMar 20 Jz Club Shanghai, ChinaMar 21 A8 Shanghai, ChinaMar 24 Jazz Alley Seattle, WAMar 25 Jazz Alley Seattle, WAMar 26 Yoshis Oakland, CAMar 28 RAMONA MAINSTAGE Ramona, CAMar 31 Catalinas Jazz Club Los Angeles, CAApr 01 Catalinas Jazz Club Los Angeles, CAApr 02 The City Winery Chicago, ILApr 03 Dakota Jazz Club Minneapolis, MNApr 04 The Jazz Kitchen Indianapolis, INMore http://www.waynekrantz.com/

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