Donald Knaack
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Donald Knaack

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"Found Object Percussionist"

Starting with John Cage, there have been quite a few composers who have worked with junk and found objects to create their music. However, nobody does it with quite as much finesse as Donald Knaack. - Dirty Linen


"Percussionist Donald Knaack"

...a virtuoso percussionist. - New York Times


"Conan O'Brien Says..."

A mind-blowing experience! - Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC)


"Performance at Lincoln Center"

It really cooked! - Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors


"In Madrid Magazine - Feb '03"

This guy is mad and very popular! - In Madrid, Madrid, Spain


"Guia del Gocio -- Feb '03"

The Junkman's music and his instruments are provocative and entirely innovative. - Madrid, Spain


"A Customer Says..."

It's Stomp on acid! - Amazon.com


"Percussionist Donald Knaack"

...virtuoso playing worth hearing. - Down Beat


"On Junk Music..."

...unusual, completely independent and wholly cool! - BRAT Magazine


"On a Concert Peformance..."

The Junkman totally captivated the Kansas City International Jazz Festival audience... - Jazz Ambassadors Magazine


Discography

Junk Music -- This Grammy nominated album explores 14 families of junk.

Junk Music 2 -- The latest album from The Junkman has had tracks featured in television commercials for the NBA, ESPN and Electronic Arts. 10 all new dance-oriented tracks and the full version of a piece commissioned for choreographer Twyla Tharp.

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The Junkman™ travels to the beat of a different drummer and is gaining audiences from every spectrum of the music business- from rock to jazz to world music. Impossible to categorize, worldwide audiences are recognizing Junk Music as eye-opening, provocative and entirely new. Brat magazine called it hip, unique and totally cool!