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Kevin Birk

About Me

Kevin Birk is a trombonist and composer/arranger based out of New York City. Residing in Brooklyn, he graduated cum laude from New York University with a bachelor's degree in Jazz Performance and a minor in American History. Kevin has played in numerous jazz, rock, reggae, hip-hop and funk settings around New York and the country with the likes of his old hip hop group, Sly Fox Gentlemens Club, as well as others such as Pete and Jay, The Scorchers, Eytan Oren, Little Australia, United Funk Orchestra (U.F.O.), The Crevulators, Quintus, Ferraby Lionheart and The Walkmen. He has performed in bands that have opened for such acts as The Skatalites, Rusted Root, John Brown's Body, and The Kaiser Chiefs. He has performed with notable jazz musicians Brian Lynch, Teo Macero, Frank Wess, Gary Smulyan, Ryan Keberle, and Victor Goines. If you have questions regarding the music, please feel to contact him at [email protected].

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Member Since: 28/08/2006
Influences: the roots, edan, dj vadim, mos def, clipse, panacea, diamond district, oddisee, the tones, superstar quamallah, public enemy, the micranots, company flow, wu tang clan, the perceptionists, del the funkee homosapien, a tribe called quest, jeru tha damaja, talib kweli, mr. lif, el-p, kool keith, crown city rockers, mf doom, oh no, little brother, the procussions, the pharcyde, madlib, sage francis, jay-z, people under the stairs, dave douglas, miles davis, john coltrane, wayne shorter, herbie hancock, freddie hubbard, ornette coleman, eric dolphy, thelonious monk, steve kuhn, claude debussy, igor stravinsky, bela bartok, piotr illich tchaikovsky, samuel barber, maurice ravel, gustav mahler, bjork, amon tobin, jeremy ellis, science fiction, radiohead, dismemberment plan, michael jackson, thomas dolby, sly and the family stone
Sounds Like: Dave Douglas, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland Quintet, The Roots, The Pharcyde, Crown City Rockers
Record Label: Unsigned

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