released February 27, 2024

Musician Credits.-

KJ Denhert - voice & guitar

Nicki Denner - piano

Adam Armstrong - bass

Eric Halvorson - drums

Mark McIntyre - electric guitar

Musician Bios.-

ADAM ARMSTRONG - BASS

Adam Armstrong relocated from Australia to New York in 2000 with the assistance of an Australian Arts Council professional development grant. In his thirty-five-year career, Adam has had the opportunity to perform with many notable artists, including jazz greats, Kenny Kirkland, Kenny Wheeler, Maria Schneider, and Billy Cobham. Adam can be heard regularly in the clubs of New York City, playing with groups led by a variety of artists, including Ken Thomson, Richard X Bennett, Eric Person, Christian Finger, and KJ Denhert. Adam has toured through 34 countries, performing in clubs and at major festivals in Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. He appears on over 80 albums, including two ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Award) winners, has played on the soundtracks of feature films, TV shows, and theatre productions, and has given master classes and workshops at institutions around the world.

NICKI DENNER- KEYS

Pianist/composer Nicki Denner has worked with Sheila E., Savion Glover, Michele Lee, and Doc Severinsen as well as other jazz and Latin artists in the United States,  Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Ms. Denner has released three critically acclaimed CDs under her own name. She is the Musical Director for the group Cocomama whose debut CD Quiero was included in the 2016 Grammy pre-nominations for Best Tropical Latin album.

She has performed at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, the United Nations, Studio 54, the Apollo Theatre, Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York City Marathon, the Michigan Womyn’s Festival, the Guatemala City International Jazz Festival and as a musical ambassador for the State Department in Central America.

As a composer, she has written music for award-winning films as well as the New Jersey Tap Ensemble of which she is Musical Director.

Nicki is a devoted educator having served on the faculty of the Stanford University Summer Jazz Workshop, Campamento Internacional de Jazz in Guatemala, the JazzCabaret Festival in Ketchikan Alaska, Jazzhouse Kids, the New York City Tap Festival, and the New Jersey Tap Festival. She is also a contributor to Keyboard Magazine.

ERIC HALVORSON - DRUMS

Eric has performed with such jazz artists as John Fedchock, Dave Liebman, Bob Sheppard, Dave Stryker, Donny McCaslin, Steve Slagle, Vic Juris, Scott Robinson, Adam Rogers, Joe Locke, Bruce Barth, Marilyn Maye, Beegie Adair, vocalist Kenny Washington, Fred Hersch, Mark Murphy, James Moody, and Bill Henderson; vocalist Lucy Woodward; toured internationally with Ute Lemper; Broadway stars Sherie Rene Scott and Christine Ebersole; composer Frank Wildhorn; songwriter and pianist Marvin Hamlisch; soul singer Ben E. King; blues artist George Kilby Jr. and the legendary Pinetop Perkins to name a few. He is currently touring with vocalist Linda Eder and also works with many big bands including Josh Shneider's 'Love Speaks Orchestra', the Birdland Big Band, the Bill Warfield Repertory Big Band, and the George Gee Big Band. He has performed at New York City's top venues including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall (with Beegie Adair), Town Hall, Radio City Music Hall, City Center, and jazz venues Iridium, Blue Note, Small's, Smoke, and Birdland. He is sought after by a variety of performers because of his rock and pop sensibilities.

Mark McIntyre

Mark McIntyre grew up in Yorktown Heights, NY, where he developed a love for music early on. With a voracious appetite for garage-sale record sales, he listened to the music of the 60s and 70s: the Woodstock recordings, The Who, Miles Davis, and Stevie Wonder. Always hungry to play, Mark began playing music as much as he could in the city of Peekskill.

Since then, Mark has held a monthly residency with his band The Syndicate at the legendary 55 Bar since March 2019, where he also performs as a member of KJ Denhert’s New York Unit. He lives in Brooklyn where he is constantly writing music for various projects including his band DANNI and Planetary People. He has performed on CNN with Billy Ray Cyrus and traveled to Brazil, Alaska, and Costa Rica to perform.

Non-musical information: Mark is a nerd at heart, and greatly enjoys his time outdoors.

Production Credits:

Produced by KJ Denhert and Adam Armstrong

Recording Credits:




Audio:

Recorded by Dave Stoller | Samurai Studios

Additional editing:

Chris Sulit | Trading 8 Studios

Mixed by:

Ben Rubin (Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6)

Ken Freeman (Tracks 3, 4, 7, 8)

Mastering:

Steve Vavagiakis Bang Zoom Productions
www.bangzoomonline.com

Photographer:

Kyra Kverno

Lisa Sandagata

Special thanks:

Lisa Sandagata, Jeff Cadge, Lew Stiefel, Stanley Tomczak, The Cookstove Project-Ossining NY, Steve & Jane, Nancy Rosanoff, Jessie Mason,  Anne Carpenter, Anne Gero, Leo Traversa, Etienne Stadwijk, Mamadou Ba, Ray Levier, Tony Falco, Scott Ellard, Jean Marc Le Franc. Sunny’s Bar Red Hook, Jan Bell, and Toona, Matthew Clowney, Carol Corman, Lawrence McIntyre, Jazz Forum Tarrytown, Kenny B and Mary Ellis, Bianca & Paul Mancinelli, Danielle Jackson, Adam Armstrong, Nicki Denner, Mark McIntyre, Eric Halvorson and Anton Denner Steve and Lourdes Laifer, Andrew & Katina, Paula Jeanne Bennett and Jean Pierre Mosquera.