Over the decades the East Bay has nurtured many of funk's definitive acts, and the powerful groove-centric tandem of Atta Kid draws directly on that proud lineage. Founded in 2012 by tenor and baritone saxophonist Daniel Casares and Hammond B-3 organist Max Cowan, Atta Kid has found a soul sweet spot by bridging the contagious lilt of New Orleans R&B with the greasy legacy of East Bay funk (which of course was profoundly influenced by Crescent City grooves).
Atta Kid made a deep impression at SFJAZZ in February 2017 with a Hotplate performance of trumpeter Lee Morgan's iconic 1964 Blue Note album The Sidewinder for two sold-out shows in the Joe Henderson Lab. Atta Kid returns for a night focusing, appropriately, on the music of Joe Henderson, and in particular, re-imagined versions of classics from Henderson's 1960s Blue Note years as well as gems from the string of funk-infused releases he recorded for the Milestone label in the early to mid-70s like In Pursuit of Blackness (1971), Black is the Color (1972), Canyon Lady (1973), Multiple (1973), Black Miracle (1975), and others.
Over the decades the East Bay has nurtured many of funk's definitive acts, and the powerful groove-centric tandem of Atta Kid draws directly on that proud lineage. Founded in 2012 by tenor and baritone saxophonist Daniel Casares and Hammond B-3 organist Max Cowan, Atta Kid has found a soul sweet spot by bridging the contagious lilt of New Orleans R&B with the greasy legacy of East Bay funk (which of course was profoundly influenced by Crescent City grooves).
Atta Kid made a deep impression at SFJAZZ in February 2017 with a Hotplate performance of trumpeter Lee Morgan's iconic 1964 Blue Note album The Sidewinder for two sold-out shows in the Joe Henderson Lab. Atta Kid returns for a night focusing, appropriately, on the music of Joe Henderson, and in particular, re-imagined versions of classics from Henderson's 1960s Blue Note years as well as gems from the string of funk-infused releases he recorded for the Milestone label in the early to mid-70s like In Pursuit of Blackness (1971), Black is the Color (1972), Canyon Lady (1973), Multiple (1973), Black Miracle (1975), and others.
Over the decades the East Bay has nurtured many of funk's definitive acts, and the powerful groove-centric tandem of Atta Kid draws directly on that p...