Jesse Stacken / Kirk Knuffke - SATIE (2016)
Jesse Stacken - piano
Kirk Knuffke - cornet
Compositions by Erik Satie
"A collection of piano studies opened up for improvisation and approached with a combination of lyric ecstasy and intellectual rigor (the proper way to take on the most eccentric of the Big Three fin-de-siècle French impressionist composers)." -Francis Davis, Village Voice
"Gifted with a calmly artful ear, Knuffke never met a melody he couldn’t tame and spin into aural gold with his horn. Stacken is similarly adept at mining the maximum melodic potential from his keys, with a keen command of harmony to match. Satie’s elegant minimalism is a near perfect mesh for the duo’s shared sensibilities." -Derek Taylor, Dusted
Fresh Sound New Talent Records
(FSNT 454)
-SOLD OUT- find it at Downtown Music Gallery,
Amazon, etc.
Jesse Stacken - Helleborus (2014)
Jesse Stacken - piano
Tony Malaby - saxophone
Sean Conly - bass
Tom Rainey - drums
All compositions by Jesse Stacken
"At every turn on “Helleborus,” the ensemble plays with gusto, coherence and license, heeding the framework without ever sounding hemmed in."
-Nate Chinen, NY Times
Steeplechase Records
(SCCD 31779)
CD $15 plus $3 s/h
Jesse Stacken / kirk Knuffke - FiVe (2014)
Jesse Stacken - piano
Kirk Knuffke - cornet
Compositions by Carla Bley and Bill Evans
"Superb players and wonderfully clever improvisors." - Dave Gelly, The Guardian"A Musical Conversation that hovers between form and abstraction, accessible but adventurous, profound but likeable." - Cormac Larkin, Irish Times
Fresh Sound New Talent Records
(FSNT 398)
CD $15 plus $3 s/h
Sheet music scores of the Bagatelles are available at Really Good Music!
Jesse Stacken - Bagatelles For Trio (2012)
Jesse Stacken - piano
Eivind Opsvik - bass
Jeff Davis - drums
All compositions by Jesse Stacken
"The trio brings an oblique but real heat and emotion to the performances, and as a whole the album coheres brilliantly." -Peter Margasak, Downbeat
Steeplechase Records
(SCCD 31739)
CD $16 plus $3 s/h
Jesse Stacken / Kirk Knuffke - Like A Tree (2012)
Jesse Stacken - piano
Kirk Knuffke - cornet
Kenny Wollesen - drums
Compositions by Albert Ayler, Carla Bley, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Julius Hemphill, Steve Lacy, Misha Mengelberg.
"The duo is more than simply curating. It's performances are pitch-perfect displaying an intuitive understanding that brings something deeply personal to the project."- Peter Margasak, Downbeat
Jesse Stacken - Magnolia (2010)
Jesse Stacken - piano
Eivind Opsvik - bass
Jeff Davis - drums
All compositions by Jesse Stacken
"There is something magical and/or dreamlike about this music, an elegant vibe that I find touching. This is one of the most charming piano trio discs I've heard in a long while."
- Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery.
Steeplechase Records
(SCCD 31717)
CD $16 plus $3 s/h
Jesse Stacken / Kirk Knuffke - Orange Was The color (2010)
Jesse Stacken - piano, toy piano
Kirk Knuffke - Cornet
All compositions by Charles Mingus
"Longtime fans of Charles Mingus who know his recordings well will appreciate the duo's thoughtful, inventive interpretations of the bassist's compositions." -Ken Dryden, All Music.com
Steeplechase Records
(SCCD 31677)
CD $16 plus $3 s/h
jesse Stacken / Kirk Knuffke - Mockingbird (2009)
Jesse Stacken - piano
Kirk Knuffke - trumpet
Compositions by Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington
"The sound is just right. An excellent duo disc on all accounts.”
- Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery.
Fresh Sound New Talent Records (FSNT 308)
CD $15 plus $3 s/h
jesse Stacken - that that (2007)
Jesse Stacken - piano
Eivind Opsvik - bass
Jeff Davis - drums
All compositions by Jesse Stacken
"What amazes me is how tight this trio is and how they change direction, tempo and dynamics in mid-flow. Without a doubt, one of the best piano dates we've heard so far this year. "
-Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery.
Sideman appearances:
Carlo Costa's Acoustica Strata Neither/Nor Records 2015 (n/n 004) Chris Welcome Psychic Shapes Self-Released 2015
Mark Mollica Lift Fret Art Records 2014 (FRETART 0923)
Liam Sillery Priorite OA2 Records 2011 (OA2 22082)
Peter Van Huffel Like the Rusted Key Fresh Sound New Talent 2010 (FSNT 361)
Liam Sillery Phenomenology OA2 Records 2010 (OA2 22061)
Liam Sillery Outskirts OA2 Records 2009 (OA2 22050)
Steve Northeast Inside Tidal Records 2008
Peter Van Huffel Quintet Silvester Battlefield Fresh Sound New Talent 2007 (FSNT 290)
No Truck No Truck self-released 2006
Erica Von Kleist Project E self-released 2005
Peter Van Huffel On Common Ground self-released 2005
Sherisse Rogers Slight of Hand self-released 2005
Liam Sillery Minor Changes OA2 Records 2005 (OA2 22020)
Christian Pincock Quintet Reflections of the City self-released 2004