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The Knitting Factory gave its audience poetry readings, performance art, standup comedy, and musicians who transcended the usual boundaries of rock and jazz, often experimental music. The Knitting Factory owners distributed some performances to radio stations, and around 1990 starting a radio show and the record label Knitting Factory Works. [1]
A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he founded the Knitting Factory, a New York City music performance venue, and City Winery, a chain of restaurants that feature live music and wine. [1] Dorf is also a philanthropist who hosts many charity events and donates the proceeds of his tribute concerts at Carnegie Hall to various charities.
Live at the Knitting Factory may refer to a number of live concert releases by several musicians, usually referring to recordings at the New York music venue, the Knitting Factory. These include: More Live at the Knitting Factory by Charles Gayle; Solo Sessions Vol. 1: Live at the Knitting Factory by John Legend
Albums of live performances at the Knitting Factory in New York City. Pages in category "Albums recorded at the Knitting Factory" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
Naked City Live (subtitled Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989) is a live album recorded by Naked City in 1989 and released on John Zorn's Tzadik label in 2002. [1] All of the songs, with the exception of "Erotico", "The Way I Feel" and "Skate Key", were later recorded in the studio for the band's debut album. To date it is the only official live ...
Knitting Factory Records is an independent American music label that is notable for promoting a variety of artists, including the music of deceased Nigerian political ...
John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory is an album of a performance of John Zorn's improvisational game piece, Cobra, performed at the Knitting Factory in 1992. The album resembles the missing link between John Zorn's work with Masada and Naked City. It also had a major impact on the electronic scene of New York.
It was recorded on December 6, 1999, at the Knitting Factory in New York City, and was released in 2000 by Bubble Core Music. On the album, Blake is joined by guest artist Pharoah Sanders on tenor saxophone, along with a group featuring alto saxophonist Chris Hunter, pianist John Hicks , drummer Victor Jones, and percussionist Neil Clark.