- Jesse Krakow
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Jesse Krakow is a New York City based bassist/musician. He has toured with Shudder To Think, playing bass on their 2009 live album "Live From Home." He has also collaborated with Tatsuya Yoshida and Ron Anderson for live performances as RonRuins,[1] was previously in Anderson's band PAK, and is featured on their Motel (album) CD.[2] Currently he works with Craig Wedren (Shudder To Think), Sam Mickens (The Dead Science), The Tall Pines, Spray Paint Star, Doctor Nerve, Fast 'n Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project, and the music collective We Are The Musk Brigade.
He was a longtime member of NYC-avant rock band Time of Orchids,[3] who released 5 albums, collaborated with pianist Marilyn Crispell, Kate Pierson (The B-52's) and Julee Cruise ("Twin Peaks"), and trumpeter Tim Byrnes, and was signed to a number significant indie labels (one of which was John Zorn's Tzadik label).[4] He has two solo albums out of Nebraska's Public Eyesore/Eh? record label - 2004's Oceans in the Sun + 2008's "World Without Nachos".[5]
Some of his collaborators in the past have been Mike Pride,[6] Jac Berrocall, Pat Irwin (The B-52's), George Korein (Infidel!/Castro?), Elliott Sharp, Scott Bruzenak, Keaton Simons, Dynamite Club, Snuggle/Stencil, Anne Gomez (Cantwell Gomez + Jordan, scutopus, Keith Abrams (PAK/Time of Orchids), Dylan Sparrow (Giggle The Ozone), and Lori.
PARTIAL DISCOGRAPHY:
w/ Time of Orchids: "Melonwhisper" (2001, Badnews), "Much Too Much Fun" (2003), "Early As Seen In Pace" (2004, Epicene), "Sarcast While" (2005, Tzadik), "Namesake Caution" (2007, Cuneiform), "In Due Time" (2010)
w/ PAK: "100% Human Hair" (2002, RA Sounds), "Motel" (2005, RA Sounds)
w/ Shudder To Think: "Live From Home" (2009, Team Love)
w/ Fast 'N Bulbous: "Pork Chop Blue Around The Rind" (2005, Cuneiform), "Waxed Oop!" (2009, Cuneiform)
w/ Michael Showalter: "Sandwiches + Cats" (2007, JDub)
w/ Michal: "Sky With Stars" (2000, Columbia)
w/ Giggle the Ozone: "Order" (2006, Laser Seizure)
w/ Dynamite Club: "Fusion Era" (2008, Caminante), "Teriyaki Suplexxx: A Snapshot Of The Japanese Underground" (2007, GC Records)
w/ Improp/Improg: "Drink Tickets From God" (2001)
w/ Scott Bruzenak & Keaton Simons: "Noise Research Program Volume 2" (2005, Burning Emptiness), "Slam F---ing Dunk!" (2004, Magnacarta)
w/ We Are The Musk Brigade: "Sand Dunes + Beef Balloons/Let Me See Your Moo-Flomps" (2005, MT6/Crucial Blast), "Lori's Songs (2006), "Inebriate The Entire Sector" (2006), "this is d/emo" (2006), "Brown Mirrow" - (2010)
SOLO: "Moltvick Comes Alive!" (1996), "thatfunkyhippopjamthing" (1999), "Hairy Teeth: Plane Crashing Into Dancing Dolphin Pony-boy) (2000), "Negative Fun" (2001), "Confactions" (2003), "Oceans In The Sun" (2004, Public Eyesore), "Nostril Town" (2004), "Feeling Frenzy!" - (2006), "Edgy Music For The Contemporary Urban Youth Market" - (2006), "I Hate Everyone And Especially You" - (2007), "World Without Nachos" - (2008, Eh!), "NAIF" - (2010)
References
- ^ http://www.ronanderson-molecules.com/ronruins.htm
- ^ http://www.ronanderson-molecules.com/PAK.htm
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p698335
- ^ http://www.disagreement.net/interviews/interview_krakow.html
- ^ http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/jesse_krakow
- ^ http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician_discography.php?id=14952
Categories:- Living people
- American bass guitarists
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