Banyan (band)
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Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Art rock, alternative rock |
Banyan is an art rock/alternative rock band with heavy jazz and funk influence based in Los Angeles, California.[1][2]
History
The leader and co-founder is
Los Angeles artist Norton Wisdom paints on a wet-erase board while the band plays, and the imagery he creates interprets the music much in the same way that lyrics might.[3] To see the band in more than one performance, you will see some images that recur and some that are new, since the songs are compositions whose structure remains the same while there is also a large amount of improvisation, in the jazz tradition.[3]
The first EP featured Money Mark as keyboardist labeled as the Freeway Keyboardist. The first album was engineered by the Dust Brothers at their studio and produced by Turin and Perkins.
Notable guest appearances on the second album Anytime at All include
For their third album
Steve Kimock sat in with Banyan during their August 26, 2007 performance at the Riverview Music Festival in Chicago.
In liner notes and personal conversations, members of the band cite Igor Stravinsky and Miles Davis as influences.
Discography
- CyberOctave, 1997)
- Anytime at All, (CyberOctave, 1999)
- Live at Perkins' Palace, (Sanctuary, 2004)
References
- ^ "Watt's With Banyan (So Is Perkins)". MTV. April 9, 1997. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ Micallef, Ken (October 15, 2006). "Stephen Perkins: A Drummer's Life Less Ordinary". Modern Drummer. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ a b c Watt, Mike. "Banyan". Mike Watt's Hoot Page. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Stephen Perkins, Mike Watt & Nels Cline = Banyan". Glide Magazine. September 13, 2004. Retrieved March 28, 2019.