Jonathan Kane
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Jonathan Kane (born November 4, 1956) is an American musician and composer. Coming out of New York's Downtown No Wave music scene of the early 1980s, Kane is known for his work with minimalist composers La Monte Young and Rhys Chatham, and was a founding member of NYC band Swans. He also leads his own minimalist Blues band called Jonathan Kane's February.
Kane began his professional career while in high school in 1974. Along with his brother, harmonica player Anthony Kane, they formed the Kane Brothers Blues Band. They worked at east coast USA clubs and opened concerts for James Cotton, Willie Dixon, Dr. John, Koko Taylor, and Muddy Waters, amongst others.
Other groups and artists Kane has toured and recorded with includes Dave Soldier, The Kropotkins, Gary Lucas, Transmission, Elliott Sharp, Soldier String Quartet, John Zorn, Jean-Francois Pauvros, Jac Berrocal, and Tony Hymas. He also composed music for choreographers Bebe Miller, Lisa Fox and Wally Cardona.
Kane has released two solo albums, February (2004) and Jet Ear Party (2009), and also an EP, The Little Drummer Boy (2007).
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- Bo Diddley - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 1 "The Impossible": I. Open Hydrant (1987) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Sequence Girls - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Here Comes the King - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Paris 1919 - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 1 "The Impossible": II. Walking On the 3rd Rail (1987) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Three Delta Blues: I. Moon Goin' Down - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Ugly - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 1 "The Impossible": III. Ron Visits the Polymer Lounge (1987) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- In Time - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 1 "The Impossible": IV. For His Bad Self (1987) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Three Delta Blues: II. Twenty Twenty Blues - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Three Delta Blues: III. Preachin' Blues - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Boogie On Party People - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 1 "The Impossible": V. She Put My Head Under the Water - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Water Babies - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Five Little Monsters - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 2, "Bambaataa Variations": I. His Legs Wobble (1992) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- N'orleans - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 2, "Bambaataa Variations": II. X-Linked Planet (1992) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Lonesome Train - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 2, "Bambaataa Variations": III. Nine Hundred Grandmothers (1992) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Sojourner Truth - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Michael Callen - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Prelude - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Uncloudy Day - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 2, "Bambaataa Variations": IV. Mudhead from Planet XYY (1992) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- If I Had It to Give (I'd Give It to Him) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Moanin' At Midnight - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 2, "Bambaataa Variations": V. Afrika Variations (1992) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Ezequiel Saw the Wheel - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Moon and Stars - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- East St. Louis 1968 - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- Cypress Grove - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 3, "The Essential": I. Sample & Hold (2011) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 3, "The Essential": II. Fractal Variation, "Benoit Meets Arnold in 5 Dimensions" (2011) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 3, "The Essential": III. Fourier Transformations (2011) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 3, "The Essential": IV. Integral (2011) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
- String Quartet No. 3, "The Essential": V. 1st Derivative (2011) - In Four Color: Music for String Quartet - Jonathan Kane
Septile - 1998-05-01 00:00:00
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