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Kraft Quartet & Friends

About Me

Instrumental rock n' roll featuring the new trumpet sensation Lex Samu.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/02/2007
Band Website: www.kraftquartet.com
Band Members: Kraft Quartet

Flugelhorn
Lex Samu

Fretless Guitar
Morgan Kraft

Double Bass
Madison Rast

Drums
Wesley Rast

Friends

Drums
Dave Durst

Lead Guitar - Sean Costello

Sax
John Ellis

Marimba, Vibes
Aaron Bachelder

Harp, Vocals
Mookie Brill

Guitar, Vocals
David Boatwright

Guitar
Bob Margolin

Guitar
Dave Gross

Influences: Willie Weeks
Clifford Brown
Nelson Riddle
Bo Diddley
Willie Dixon
Tony Williams
Nappy Brown
Elmore James
Charlie Watts
Claude Debussy
Chet Baker
Albert King
Chess Records
Stax/Volt
Joe Haydn
Clark Terry
George Martin
Maynard Ferguson
Cedel Davis
NCSA
Walter Grey
Ron Rudkin
Ryan Weaver
Billy Funderburk
Kevin Fenimore
Blake Colie
Darcy & Mari
Charlie Ives
Nancarrow Piano Rolls
New York City
CD Superstore

Sounds Like: The soundtrack of our dirty, secret lives. sauce it's for you.
Record Label: Microearth Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

CD Review by Phil Dirt

Kraft Quartet "Nervous Boogie" Review by Phil DirtCD available at CDBaby or download from iTunes here original review posted at http://www.reverbcentral.com/reviews/s/samu6202.html This is q...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:55:00 GMT

"Nervous Boogie" now available

"Nervous Boogie" can be downloaded from iTunes hereAvailable as CD or MP3 through Amazon.com here"Nervous Boogie" the first full length album by Lex Samu and the Kraft Quartet was released on April 1s...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:11:00 GMT

Kraft Quartet Biography

a.k.a. Lex Samu and the Kraft Quartet the group features a small ensemble of musicians performing instrumental versions of original songs and standards from various genres of North American music. ...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:45:00 GMT

Alpaca Dance

LEX SAMU AND MADISON RAST DUET AVAILABLEKQ members Lex Samu (trumpet) and Madison Rast (double bass) were on their way to record the second quartet album, when car trouble, weather, and fate intervene...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:47:00 GMT

Kraft Quartet EP

"KRAFT QUARTET EP"01. Crossties by Dale Hawkins02. Bar Nine Blues by Morgan Kraft03. Freddy Freeloader by Miles Davis04. Blue Monk by Thelonious Monk05. Autumn in New York by Vernon Duke
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:32:00 GMT