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Margaret Glaspy’s Tim Kuhl

Tim Kuhl’s musical background is rooted in classical percussion and jazz. But in recent years, electronica artists, who can captivate crowds with little more than a laptop and quick-thinking musical minds, have seduced the drummer into conceptualizing outside—and inside—the “box.” Kuhl’s stripped-down approach has shaped the direction of his software-based songwriting and impacted his choices in gear. The thirty-six-year-old native of Baltimore, Maryland, moved to New York City in 2003, assimilated quickly into the Big Apple’s progressive jazz scene, and eventually transitioned into other musical settings. Over the last decade-plus, the Brooklyn resident has hooked up with rockers the Izzys, led his own jazz band, the Tim Kuhl Group, recorded fusion-y solo efforts Ghost and King, and racked up credits performing with numerous artists, most notably Sean Lennon’s Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (GOASTT) and vocalist/guitarist/bandleader Margaret Glaspy. Solo recordings, such as 2012’s St. Helena, 2015’s 1982, and 2018’s […]
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