Wayne Krantz: On Tour In USA and Asia




Known globally for his uncompromising musical vision, staggering virtuosity and deep reserves of soul, Wayne Krantz is one of very few modern guitarists to venture beyond the instrument's limitations and create an identifiably original style and sound. Good Piranha/Bad Piranha is his full-throttle double-take on four contemporary pop and hip-hop songs, from which he plunders the textural, rhythmic and harmonic intrigue that has come to define each of his unique projects.

Following 2012's critically acclaimed Howie 61—a record packed with cleverly arranged, hard-hitting original songs and a small army of masterful sidemen—Krantz has scaled back the setting and material for his tenth outing as a leader. Good Piranha/Bad Piranha finds his trio in the studio revisiting a selection of cover tunes they performed during legendary recent appearances at the 55 Bar in Greenwich Village.

Presenting two distinct versions each of Pendulum's "Comprachicos," M.C. Hammer's "U Can't Touch This," Ice Cube's "My Skin is My Sin" and Radiohead vocalist Thom Yorke's "Black Swan," Krantz extracts and serves up a surprising range of nuance by switching up musicians and applying his inimitable instrumental inventiveness. Each song's multiple takes allow the group(s) to reimagine the material from unexpected angles, making use of subtle rhythmic and melodic shifts to frame a dazzling display of the guitarist's revered melodic and chordal innovations; he intertwines his stark, elastic tones with the familiar tunes' snaky rhythmic skeletons and insistent basslines to create wholly new works.

DateVenueLocationFeb 11 The City Winery Nashville, TN
Feb 12 Smiths Olde Bar Atlanta, GA
Feb 13 Smokey Joe's Café Charlotte, NC
Feb 15 Miraverse-Manifold Pittsboro, NC
Feb 18 Sellersville Theater Sellersville, PA
Feb 19 The Iridium Jazz Club New York, NY
Feb 20 The Iridium Jazz Club New York, NY
Feb 21 Jammin Java Vienna, VA
Feb 27 TBC Mumbai, India
Feb 28 CounterCulture Bangalore, India
Mar 06 Java Jazz Festival Jakarta, Indonesia
Mar 07 Java Jazz Festival Jakarta, Indonesia
Mar 08 Java Jazz Festival Jakarta, Indonesia
Mar 10 Bangkok Bangkok, Thailand
Mar 12 Club Quatro Osaka, Japan
Mar 13 The Cotton Club Tokyo, Japan
Mar 14 The Cotton Club Tokyo, Japan
Mar 15 Riverside Taipei, China
Mar 19 Jz Club Shanghai, China
Mar 20 Jz Club Shanghai, China
Mar 21 A8 Shanghai, China
Mar 24 Jazz Alley Seattle, WA
Mar 25 Jazz Alley Seattle, WA
Mar 26 Yoshis Oakland, CA
Mar 28 RAMONA MAINSTAGE Ramona, CA
Mar 31 Catalinas Jazz Club Los Angeles, CA
Apr 01 Catalinas Jazz Club Los Angeles, CA
Apr 02 The City Winery Chicago, IL
Apr 03 Dakota Jazz Club Minneapolis, MN
Apr 04 The Jazz Kitchen Indianapolis, IN

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