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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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