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SUMMARY:Kiefer
LOCATION:Songbyrd
DESCRIPTION:Saturday October 3rd\n\nKiefer w/ Shibo\n\n\\*\\*\\*\n\nOne of 
 LA’s best kept musical secrets\, Kiefer has been described as a musician
  who doesn’t play keys with his fingers\, but with his soul\, which just
  about sums up in as simple terms as possible the artistry of this truly g
 ifted individual who has re-defined that happy place between jazz improvis
 ation and hip-hop beat-making. His distinctive musical style\, which he ca
 lls ‘Over The Breaks\,’ reaches new heights of creativity on Memory Bo
 mb\, his solo debut for Blue Note Records.\n\nRaised in San Diego\, Kiefer
  Shackelford’s upbringing consisted of parents who were both aerospace e
 ngineers and keen pianists who both influenced him in their own way. His m
 other taught him at a very young age how to read music and play piano incl
 uding simple Bach minuets. His father was a big lover of jazz\, and Blue N
 ote in particular\, whose records included the hard bop of Sonny Clark and
  the soul jazz of Gene Harris. Kiefer would endlessly listen to Kind Of Bl
 ue\, and after reading Miles Davis’s biography at 13\, he knew he wanted
  to become a jazz musician. All during high school he studied jazz piano w
 ith a local teacher and went on to attend UCLA where Blue Note legend guit
 arist Kenny Burrell\, who was head of the jazz program\, became one of his
  tutors all through his college career.\n\nAfter college Kiefer got signed
  to Stones Throw Records where he began to establish his musical identity 
 and gain notice with a series of releases including Happysad\, Between Day
 s\, and It’s Ok\, B U. His musical resume now includes collabs with Dr. 
 Dre\, De La Soul\, Pete Rock\, Anderson .Paak\, Kaytranada\, Terrace Marti
 n\, and many others.\n\nBack in 2021 he’d heard that the legendary Don W
 as\, President of Blue Note Records\, was taking an interest his work and 
 when time came to look for new partnerships to help him communicate his ar
 t to an appreciative audience and he realized that Blue Note would be a gr
 eat place to do just that. He regards being signed to Blue Note as an “a
 wesome gift” and a huge honor as well as a sentimental full circle momen
 t after having grown up listening to Blue Note. The new collective project
  FATHERS—with Kiefer\, bassist CARRTOONS\, drummer Nate Smith\, and prod
 ucer Kenneth Blume—was the first full-length album on the label to featu
 re the keyboardist.\n\nKiefer is a great believer in embracing new influen
 ces and new styles by way of collaboration with others and that’s where 
 the journey to his first Blue Note leader album starts. His first priority
  was to get his two best friends—CARRTOONS and Shibo—to co-produce the
  album with him as they completely understood his sound\, his harmony and 
 were both extremely adept at drum programming. This mindset of innovation 
 through collaboration extended to the inclusion of a whole host of vocalis
 ts\, rappers and stellar musicians to produce interesting combinations lea
 ding to something new and exciting that still sounded like a Kiefer thing.
 \n\nThe album title ‘Memory Bomb’ is the poetic way of saying ‘A Dre
 am.’ For Kiefer\, there are three types\, the sort you experience when y
 ou sleep\, the wishful longing type\, and the ambitious type - and those t
 hemes populate the direction of some\, if not all\, of the songs on this a
 lbum. There’s a real lyrical feel to Memory Bomb as it tells a story\, a
 nd thanks to its improvisational moments\, one that changes every time you
  listen to it. It’s wistful\, poetic\, and groove driven all connected b
 y that central feeling of being in a dreamscape of Kiefer’s making.\n\nH
 e describes the creative process for this LP as being driven by the need t
 o find a creative space between jazz and hip-hop and the starting point in
 volved the inclusion of acclaimed drummer Nate Smith\, who lays it down on
  the smacking “Overture.” Kiefer says Smith “can play hip-hop\, soun
 d like he’s playing for Steely Dan\, or for Betty Carter\, or odd meters
  for Dave Holland\, funk for Vulfpeck - he can do all these things and sou
 nd signature in all of them.”\n\n\\*\\*\\*\n\nShibo is the solo project 
 of bassist and producer Erik Shiboski. A Bay Area native and a staple of t
 he Northeast LA music community\, Shibo is a longtime friend and collabora
 tor of Kiefer’s\, serving as a co-producer and primary artist on Kiefer
 ’s upcoming album. His bass playing and production are also featured in 
 the work of BROCKHAMPTON\, Tkay Maidza\, Jay Prince\, Planet Giza\, Nick D
 orian\, and others. His debut album\, featuring his unique brand of musici
 anship and synth psychedelia\, is set to drop later this year.\n\nBoletos:
  https://dice.fm/event/pynlkl-kiefer-3rd-oct-songbyrd-washington-dc-ticket
 s
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