The genre bending Kneebody is a singular beast. Not quite traditional jazz, not quite electronic music, not quite hip hop, not quite indie rock, instead the group blends a little of each to achieve a whole greater than the sum of its parts. The group comprised of keyboardist Adam Benjamin, trumpeter Shane Endsley, electric bassist Kaveh Rastegar, saxophonist Ben Wendel and drummer Nate Wood performed a one hour set last September at Jazz A La Villette, a French jazz festival based out of Paris. For those of you who missed the live performance, check out the full concert video below the jump courtesy of Arte, a Franco-German television network. But don’t wait too long! The video expires February 9th, 2015.
Sébastien Hélary co-founded Nextbop in 2009 with the objective of introducing modern jazz music to a younger generation of fans. Aside from music, his other main obsession is food, particularly ramen and other Japanese delicacies.
