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A producer, a composer, a percussionist and facilitator, Kip Hanrahan has an uncanny ability to assemble remarkable musicians and apply their talents in interesting ways. The results are often magical.

Kip Hanrahan started out as a percussionist, a fairly left-field occupation for an Irish-Jewish boy, even if he did grow up in a Puerto Rican neighborhood of the Bronx, New York.

After gaining a fellowship in sculpture at the Cooper Union Arts in New York, Kip began collect several musical hats: those of producer, director, writer/arranger and conductor. However, his most apt role would be one of facilitator, for Kip has the knack of being able to connect artists to his musical ideas. Drawing on a myriad of influences and genres, from rock, funk, jazz and blues, as well as the Latin sounds of his formative years, Kip conjures a distinctive meld of music.

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ALFREDO TRIFF
ANDY GONZALEZ
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
CHARLES NEVILLE
DON PULLEN
FERNANDO SAUNDERS
HORACIO “EL NEGRO” HERNANDEZ
ISHMAEL REED
JACK BRUCE
MILTON CARDONA
“PUNTILLA” ORLANDO RIOS
ROBBY AMEEN
SILVANA DELUIGI

KIP HANRAHAN - TWO.: 3 bass players- Jack Bruce, Steve Swallow, and Andy Gonzalez on acoustic. Great vocal by Jack!


Kip Hanrahan Group - Nancy jazz pulsation 2008


Horacio "el negro" Hernandez, Cuba


My favourite song: The Tale of the Youth Behind Whom Indian and Chinese Music Was Played - Kip Hanrahan: Shadow Nights, Vol. 2 (1999)

... drummers Negro Horacio Hernandez, Roby Ameen, and J.T. Lewis play together with an extraordinary mix of precision and abandon.

My favourite album: Exotica (1994)
JACK BRUCE • vocals, electric bass
KIP HANRAHAN • vocals, percussion
DON PULLEN • piano, organ
ROBBIE AMEEN • trap drums
ALFREDO TRIFF • violin
LEO NOCENTELLI • guitar