Mike Keneally & Marco Minnemann - Evidence of Humanity (2010)

Mike Keneally biography:
Mike Keneally was born in 1961 in Long Island, New York. Influenced by THE BEATLES and FRANK ZAPPA, he learned to play the guitar and keyboards throughout the 70's, moved to San Diego and played in several local bands, the most important of them being DROP CONTROL, which was formed in 1985. In 1987 he joined FRANK ZAPPA on stage for his 1988 tour as the new "stunt guitarist", replacing STEVE VAI.
Since the early 90's Keneally participated in many projects and bands. He also began writing solo albums in 1992, but simultaneously he formed a permanent band called MIKE KENEALLY & BEER FOR DOLPHINS and toured with DWEEZIL ZAPPA, SHANKAR, STEVE VAI, ROBERT FRIPP, JAMES LA BRIE/MULLMUZZLER and some others as guitarist and keyboardist. He also teamed up with NICK D'VIRGILIO to back up KEVIN GILBERT with his concept album "The Shaming of the True", and in 2004 founded his a band aptly named "MIKE KENEALLY BAND" with NICK D'VIRGILIO, RICK MUSALLAM and BRYAN BELLER.

Why this band must be listed in www.progarchives.com :
His early solo work is heavily influenced by Zappa, but he developed his own unique style of Jazz-Fusion. Jazz plays a minor role here, most of his music is free form on a high musical level. Let me quote Robert Fripp, commenting on his performances with Keneally: "Mike Keneally was able to solo over [Soundscapes] in a way I have never been able to achieve for myself . he gave me answers to questions I had felt for myself, but never had the courage or capacity to find an answer".


Review Album:
One bright morning, world-renowned drummer Marco Minnemann settled down behind the DW kit in his secluded hideaway, punched the record button, and proceeded to pound out an astounding 52-minute improvised solo. When it was finished, he christened it Normalizer 2 and offered it as a sort of gift to a handful of his favorite guitarists, hoping that they would each add their own signature madness to the mix.
Mike Keneally was someone Marco hoped would dig the idea. In the throes of recording his intense and complex Scambot 1 opus, Mike leapt at Marco's offer— the creation of Evidence of Humanity would be a joyous, freewheeling counterpoint to his meticulous work on Scambot. "A fun ride," Mike would recall. (Of course, Marco recorded his own fantastic version, too, available at marcominnemann.com.)
The ecstatic result is two of the world's foremost musicians improvising together, but not at the same time. It's a record unlike any other that Mike has recorded (but probably closest to Nonkertompf, his indefinable, mostly instrumental 1999 solo extravaganza). Evidence of Humanity seems to have a life of its own, mutating and maturing with each listen.
Accompanying the Evidence of Humanity CD is a DVD containing a tasty reimagining of the original concept. This time, Mike and Marco got together in real time and vaulted into the ether for another 52-minute musical improvisation, a feat that was videotaped for your pleasure. The DVD also includes an insightful conversation between the two kindred musical spirits, shot in the back seat of a car hurtling toward the Southern California desert's dilapidated Salton Sea.

Discography by
1992 - Hat.
1994 - Boil That Dust Speck
1997 - Sluggo!
1999 - Nonkertompf
2000 - Dancing
2002 - Wooden Smoke
2004 - Dog
2004 - The Universe Will Provide (with Metropole Orkest)
2004 - Vai Piano Reductions Vol. 1
2009 - Scambot 1
2010 - Evidence of Humanity (with Marco Minnemann)

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Mike Keneally & Marco Minnemann / Evidence Of Humanity

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