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formance, include “Oye,”
“Subway Tension” and
“Dancin’ in the Doghouse.”
“Because of the relationship
among musicians and how we
developed over many years,
we are a genre-busting kind
of a band,” said Kaufman,

whose musicianship also has
him appearing with his own
Dream Ensemble, Gemini
and Tumbao Bravo. “We have
multiple influences and find
that it all works together.
It’s all of our personal soul
music.”

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Krosnick, a political sci-
ence professor at Stanford
University who provides polit-
ical consultation on voting
for the federal government, is
thrilled about the acceptance
of the Lunar Octet’s continu-
ing style.
Regularly appearing with
the group Charged Particles,
which takes him to foreign
countries, he is glad a current
recording project is con-
necting him with his Jewish
roots. Charged Particles has
performed at many Jewish
centers as they play music in
tribute to Michael Brecker, the
late Jewish composer-saxo-
phonist.
“We’re just breathless,
knocked out and complete-
ly stunned by the world’s
reaction to the Lunar Octet

recording,” said Krosnick,
who made the initiating con-
tact with Summit Records.
“We’re being nominated for a
Grammy, and we’re humbled
by that.”
Part of the pleasure experi-
enced by the group has to do
with the many complimentary
reviews in noted jazz pub-
lications, such as Jazziz and
Downbeat. Reviewers repeat
liking the joyful sounds that
seem to make listeners want
to dance.
“We worked for about 10
years to perfect our music
and became more mature
players during our 20-year
break from the Lunar Octet,”
Krosnick said. “We came
back from the break playing
that music again with one
new song on the recording —
‘Until I Find the Words’ by
Stephen Hiltner.”

MICHELLE LE

John Krosnick
on drums

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