Their new album Reach will be released in April 2025 on GroundUP Music, Michael League & Snarky Puppy’s label. This is the band’s latest project as a quartet, featuring keyboardist Adam Benjamin, trumpeter Shane Endsley, saxophonist Ben Wendel, and the dynamic Nate Wood, who plays both bass and drums. Reach showcases Kneebody’s continued evolution, pushing the boundaries of genre while delivering their signature blend of complex composition and raw energy.
Throughout their career, Kneebody has continually innovated, earning a Grammy Award nomination for their 2009 collaboration with Theo Bleckmann on 12 Songs of Charles Ives. They have released a series of boundary-pushing albums, from The Line (2013) on Concord Records to Kneedelus (2015), a groundbreaking collaboration with electronic artist Daedelus on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label. Their discography also includes Anti-Hero (2017, Motéma Music), By Fire (2019), and Chapters (2019), their first full-length album as a quartet, which features collaborations with Becca Stevens, Gretchen Parlato, Michael Mayo, Gerald Clayton, and Josh Dion.
With Reach, Kneebody marks a new stage in its development and asserts itself as a quartet at the forefront of modern creative music. As they prepare to take their new music on the road, the band is committed to an electrifying tour filled with unpredictable energy, tight interaction, and high-flying musical risk-taking.