Kraft Quartet
New York, NY      Blues / Surf / Instrumetal Rock
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    • Walk Don't Run
    • Not Fade Away
    • Help Me with John Ellis
    • Bar Nine Blues with Sean Costello
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Members: Lex Samu, Morgan Kraft, Madison Rast, Wesley Rast. With Dave Durst and Sean Costello.
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Label: Microearth

KRAFT QUARTET BIOGRAPHY


Since 1993 the members of the Kraft Quartet have been playing music together. Lex Samu, Bryan Lipps, Madison and Wesley Rast were in a jazz combo from 1993-97. Lex, Lipps, and the Rast Brothers were all featured on various recordings produced by Morgan Kraft between 1994 and 2006. A weekly residency for Morgan in 2006 at Bar Nine in NYC's Hell's Kitchen brought together Lex, Morgan and Dave Durst performing boogie-woogie and rockabilly.

The earliest recordings were made from 1995 to 1999. They include the 1995 cassette only releases "Superstar" (Lex and Morgan) and "Music from the Living Room" (Madison, Wesley, Lex and Bryan Lipps). The "Green Street EP" was recorded between 1997 to 1999 (Madison, Wesley and Lipps). The first release on Microeart Records - "Kraft Quartet EP" was recorded March 6, 2007 in New York City and features Lex Samu playing the flugelhorn, the Rast Brothers on bass/drums and Morgan on fretless guitar.

Their first full length album "Nervous Boogie" was mixed by Mitch Easter and mastered by Brent Lambert and contains 14 classic songs including tunes by Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Sunnyland Slim, the Chantays, John Brim and Elmore James. Special guests for this album include Aaron Bachelder on Marimba and Vibes, blues legend Bob Margolin who was guitarist for Muddy Waters from 1973 til 1980 and has won multiple W.C. Handy awards for solo or group efforts through the years (including best blues guitarist); blues/rockabilly musician extraordinaire and W.C. Handy multiple time winner Tom "Mookie" Brill on harp; and blues guitar sensation Sean Costello, winner of the Memphis Blues Society's talent award and nominated for the W.C. Handy "Best New Artist Debut" award. Bob Margolin and Sean Costello both have recent solo albums, as well as back catalog available through their websites. These three special guests bring an authentic blues flavor to the project, juxtaposed with the jazz artistry of the trumpet/double bass performances and the rock-n-roll drums/rhythm guitars creating a truly unique sound, undeniably new while washed in vintage feeling.
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