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About Live In Colorado, Vol. 2
STEVE KIMOCK BAND biography 2004 The Steve Kimock Band defies simple categorization. It's players are renowned artists with diverse musical influences and a shared love of stretching sonic boundaries. It's music is a kaleidoscope of innovative compositions and dazzling improvisations that range from the rush of exploratory fusion and funk, to the roar of psychedelic rock, to the whisper of a ballad so haunting and sweet that audiences fall silent under it's spell. It's live performances are incendiary marathons of musical creation and on-stage chemistry that are unlike anything else in music today. SKB guitarist Steve Kimock has dedicated his life to the mastery of his instruments and the exploration of new paradigms of rhythm, tone, and melody. Kimock has been at the leading edge of guitar-driven improvisational music for more than 25 years, consistently reinventing his art through hard work, imagination, and the creation of a new musical vocabulary. Joining Steve Kimock in the current line-up of SKB are Rodney Holmes (drums), Mitch Stein (guitar), Leo Traversa (bass) and Jim Kost (keyboards). Holmes is a Grammy award-winning drummer, recognized for his explosive power, graceful touch, and an unparalleled ability to play multiple rhythms simultaneously. He has performed with a diverse and talented mix of world-class musicians - from the Brecker Brothers to Santana to Wayne Shorter - and his unique approach to drumming is hugely influential in creating SKB's signature sound. Guitarist Mitch Stein's rich musical heritage and imaginative style provide the perfect foil for Kimock's fat-toned phrases. Schooled in jazz, classical and rock guitar, Stein is a creative player who has performed with the likes of David Sanborn, Chaka Chan, George Benson and Steve Gadd. Leo Traversa, considered one of the world's top bassists, has performed and recorded with a wide range of internationally-known artists, including Tania Maria, Ben E. King, Elaine Elias and Claudio Roditi. Jim Kost was trained at the Berklee College of Music, studied with jazz master Jaki Byard at The New England Conservatory, and has played with such greats as Philly Joe Jones, Woody Shaw, and Branford Marsalis. Live performances of the Steve Kimock Band are the stuff of legends. Audiences come to experience the vivid musical imagination of the players, celebrate the power of sound that moves the soul, and share in the sheer thrill of new music created nightly. Widely admired for the quality of it's live sound engineering, SKB is one of the most frequently-recorded touring acts today. STEVE KIMOCK Performing nationally for over 25 years, Steve Kimock, a self-taught innovator, started his musical career in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania at the age of twelve. Resisting the usual trappings of a 'normal' life at an early age, Kimock focused on his music, often practicing for eight hours or more each day. This routine began when his high school principal let him practice guitar in the hallway, on the condition that he at least show up for school. Because of his unwavering dedication and discipline to his craft, Steve Kimock has become one of today's modern guitar masters. With his innovations in the field of instrument, amplification and speaker design (his stage rig incorporates much of his own design), and his fearless pursuit of new paradigms of rhythm, tone, and melody, Kimock continues to evolve his exquisite sound, through both emotive improvisations and inventive compositions. His diverse musical influences are wide-ranging: from John Coltrane to Ali Akbar Khan, David Lindley to Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis to Roy Buchanan. Still, Kimock has created and maintained a sound that is truly his own. To understand Kimock and his musical roots one must go back to the mid-70s when Kimock and his band at the time, the folk-rock group The Goodman Brothers, relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1979 The Goodman Brothers dissolved, and after a stint with Martin Fierro in the salsa ban
