Kwyjibo

About Kwyjibo

Jazz-Jam-Rock-Funk band with deep roots in 70s fusion kwyjibo \\kwee-jee-bo\\ n. 1 : a bald, overweight, North American ape of below average intelligence. 2 a : an electric jazz ensemble from Midwestern North America b : a musical ensemble consisting of electric guitar, electric bass guitar, chapman stick, drumset, and saxophones all played by one or more kwyjibos. 3 : a musical ensemble formed in the early twenty first century which plays original, electric jazz as well as the music of the mid to late twentieth century “Jazz Fusion” kwyjibo. 4 : The trance-like state of mind which one enters when listening to the music of the kwyjibo as in “ Whoa dude, I just had a kwyjibo!”

Peter Kienle \\Pee-tur Keen-lee\\n. 1 : a guitar and chapman stick playing kwyjibo 2 : a composer and arranger of many pieces of music for a kwyjibo ensemble 3 : a current or former member of many other ensembles including Beeblebrox, Third Man, and the Monika Herzig Acoustic Project

Joe Donnelly \\Jo Don-u-lee\\n. 1 : a tenor and baritone saxophone playing kwyjibo 2 : a musical term for someone who “wants to rattle some sacks!” 3 : a current or former member of many musical ensembles including Orquesta Son, Salaam, Brian Winterman and the Delusion Tra