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This brilliant, yet little-known, German artist includes a flair for combining refined ambiences with traveling funk bass lines and rock beats. His well-constructed melodies and improvisations tend to be quite catchy, while his track game titles and symbolic sonic imagery are lined with interpersonal commentary. Classically qualified, Leifeld makes a …

A colorful group that utilizes four-to-six percussionists, dancers and a number of solo instruments, Barefoot was founded in 1988 by percussionist Clay Henry (who within the 1960’s have been a jazz bassist in NY) and violinist Steve Kindler (previously having a later on version from the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jan Hammer …