Alfred Howard And The K23 Orchestra

About Me

The original K23 lineup was assembled to play one show at the Whistle Stop. It was clear, after the first show, that there should be many, many more shows to follow. Over the past few years the music has grown and evolved. Today, the K23 is simply 5 members who live and love music. Each individual has a completely different background with varying influences and stylistic preferences. The result of the creative friction that exist between them is the beauty that is born from tension resolved. The music is based on structured improvisation, gradual builds and heavy sustained peaks, a rapid fire, yet articulate vocal delivery and swift dynamic changes. The band has shared the stage with varying artist and speakers who range from Sound Tribe Sector 9 to Ralph Nader, 2Mex to Howard Zinn, Robert Walter's 20th Congress to Bobby Kennedy.

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Member Since: 8/30/2004
Band Website: ahk23.com
Band Members:

K23 ORCHESTRA'S LATEST RELEASE
WHISPER OF A NEWBORN GHOST
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Steve Craft: Drums (Vocally Silent, unless something important needs to be said) Matt LaBarber: Bass (Band mother, and tour manager) Ian Wright: Guitar (The White Giant, At 6 Foot 8, he towers over the remaining band members and insures that we get paid at the end of the night) Alfred Howard: Vocals (African American presence lends the hint of legitimacy to funk band and the stinkiest person alive.) Josh Rice: Keys and Organ (Tells long meandering stories reminiscent of Grandpa Simspon, the meandering road usually arrives nowhere)
Influences: Beatles, Fela, Charlie Hunter, Radiohead, Mr. Bungle, Hendrix, Tower of Power, Wilco, Grateful Dead, Mastodon, Sufijan Stevens, Mark Lanegan, Aesop Rock, Graham Central Station, Sly, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Weapon of Choice, Stevie Wonder, Parliament/Funkadelic, Paul Simon, Neutral Milk Hotel, Phish, Digable Planets, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Black Sabbath, Pantera, System of a Down, the Mars Volta, the Duo, Skerik, Soulive, Slipknot, Frank Zappa, Jacob Fred Jazz Oddessy, Pinback, Donald Byrd, Grant Green, John Coltrane, Mingus, Dylan, Pink Floyd, At the Drive In, Motown Artists, STAX Artists, Blue Note Artists, 70's FUNK....
Sounds Like: The K23
Record Label: Kudra Songs Records
Type of Label: None

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Posted by Alfred Howard And The K23 Orchestra on Wed, 28 May 2008 05:42:00 PST

K23 Oregon Run Eugene Date Added

Hello Good folks of the mailing list. How the hell are you? We're heading up to Northern California and Oregon this weekend and we hope to see you all up there. The shows will go as ...
Posted by Alfred Howard And The K23 Orchestra on Tue, 27 May 2008 12:39:00 PST

Canes this Saturday May 10, Old Shoe Works the Pedal

Hello good folks of the mailing list. How the hell are you? I'm sitting in my apartment listening to a Guided by Voices cd I stole from our bass player last August. I hope that living through these b...
Posted by Alfred Howard And The K23 Orchestra on Wed, 07 May 2008 06:33:00 PST

K23 SF Mojitos Friday, Sebastopol Saturday & Calling in a favor

Hello good folks of the mailing list. How are you all doing on this fine afternoon/evening? Warmth is in the air, flowers are blooming, birds and bees are doing various things, spring is at the doorst...
Posted by Alfred Howard And The K23 Orchestra on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:14:00 PST

Third Shuttle Added for Saturday’s Belly Up Show

In the wake of 2 sold out shuttles from Ocean Beach to the Belly Up in Solana Beach for the Alfred Howard and the K23 Orchestra and Perpetual Groove concert on March 1st, Stay Classy, Southern Califor...
Posted by Alfred Howard And The K23 Orchestra on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:31:00 PST

K23 San Francisco Thur, Laytonville Sat, Belly Up next week

Hello good folks of the mailing list. How the hell are you? Has your mind been officially blow by the new layout? This is of course assuming that the first email with the new look ha...
Posted by Alfred Howard And The K23 Orchestra on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:08:00 PST

K23 @ Belly Up this Saturday 8/4

Hello good folks of the mailing list. How the hell are you this afternoon? First off, we miss your responses, so if you have a minute, drop us a line and say hello. We are driving somewhere in Kansas ...
Posted by Alfred Howard And The K23 Orchestra on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:49:00 PST

K23 in LA (WOW) Sleep Until Nighttime

Hey good folks of the mailing list. Hope the note finds you well. It would be great if you could drop us a line [email protected] and let us know that you recieve these emails. ...
Posted by Alfred Howard And The K23 Orchestra on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:15:00 PST

K23 in Reno, Arcata and SF

Hello good folks of the mailing list. How are you cats doing on this overcast San Diego afternoon? Thanks to everyone who came out to Winstons last night to view the 7-piece titanic madnes...
Posted by Alfred Howard And The K23 Orchestra on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 01:07:00 PST