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Ideal Bread Photos From October 22, 2014

Josh Sinton (left) and Kirk Knuffke of Ideal Bread

Ideal Bread photos from October 22, 2014 at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, NY are now online and available for purchase. View and buy them here or view on Flickr.

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Josh Sinton (left) and Kirk Knuffke of Ideal Bread

BrooklynVegan has published my Ideal Bread, The Microscopic Septet & Curtis Hasselbring’s Number Stations photos and videos from October 22, 2014 at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, NY. See the article with the photos and videos here.

I’ll be uploading all the shots from this show (possibly including some that BrooklynVegan didn’t use and all will…

by Samuel Weinberg

To conclude our week-long feature on Ideal Bread it seems only fitting to return to the leader, Josh Sinton, albeit in a much, much more abridged form than when we first spoke to him on Tuesday. Below are his answers our Ideal Questionnaire. And  you all should really check out this tremendous record Beating the Teens, the fruit of Sinton's labors.

What's your ideal summer day in New York?

rainy day in middle of August. city's emptier, air's cooler and smells are better.

What's your ideal song at this very moment?

The one I keep trying to write down correctly. Still trying.

What's your ideal cup of coffee?

Pour-over at Cafe Grumpy or Blue Bottle

What's your Ideal Bread?

(photo by Peter Gannushkin)

Our week of Ideal Bread continues, with the band's drummer Tomas Fujiwara. Check out his answers to our Ideal Questionnaire, below. 

What's your ideal summer day in New York?

Basketball in the park. Barbecue in the back yard. Ice cold shitty beer.

What's your ideal song at this very moment?

Kendrick Lamar "Backseat Freestyle"

What's your ideal cup of coffee?

Whatever someone that knows more about coffee than me recommends. I do like Blue Bottle.

What's your Ideal Bread?

(photo by Peter Gannushkin; Downtown Music Gallery)

To continue on with the week of Ideal Bread, we have one of its longest standing members, cornetist Kirk Knuffke answering our Ideal Questionnaire. Knuffke-- whose immaculately organic and flowing lines are unmistakable and a delightful foil to Josh Sinton's baritone saxophone-- plays an integral role for this new record, Beating the Teens. 

Check him out, below!

What's your ideal summer day in New York?

I want to practice everyday so thats in there even on a nice summer day, but after that going to park.  There was a day last summer when my wife Madeleine and I just laid in the grass in prospect park, that would do it. And some sushi!

What's your ideal song at this very moment?

"Bright Moments" by Rahsaan Roland Kirk on the album Kirkatron (no relation, well maybe....)

What's your ideal cup of coffee?

Todd Sickafoose took me to Cole coffee in Oakland, that was the best coffee purchased in the states.  Sant Eustachio in Rome was the best overseas, otherwise my Bialetti coffee maker with Lavazza crema e gusto or qualita oro, does it for me.  I do dig the coffee.

What's your Ideal Bread?

(photo by Michael Yu)

Yesterday, I posted a lengthy interview that I did with saxophonist and the leader of Ideal Bread, Josh Sinton, in conjunction with the release of their new record Beating the Teens (Cuneiform). For the rest of the week, I'll be posting the answers of Sinton and his bandmates to an ideal, absolutely perfect questionnaire. Up first is Adam Hopkins, the group's bassist and newest member:

What's your ideal summer day in New York?

My perfect NY summer day would be an iced coffee (more about this to come in #3) on the way to Prospect Park with my wife Maggie and my dog Cat. If we're talking absolutely ideal (but maybe not a standard day) I'd play softball in the park with friends, and then grill outside...either rooftop, or backyard, or in the park. There would be some Bell's Oberon as well, sprinkled throughout the day. That sounds pretty awesome to me. I guess ideally I'd have a gig that night, too! Ideal Bread gig?

What's your ideal song at this very moment?

This changes almost daily. Ideal song at THIS VERY MOMENT would be Flirted With You All My Life by Vic Chesnutt

What's your ideal cup of coffee?

First and foremost it has to be iced. Even in the dead of winter I am an iced coffee guy. It gets everything happening faster because I don't have to wait for it to cool off. On top of that I just think it tastes better. Since we're talking ideal here it would be cold brewed and it would be strong. Tomas actually brought my ideal cup of coffee (Annex in Fort Greene, cold brewed) for the whole band every morning of the Beating The Teens recording sessions. What a guy, right!? Seriously it was awesome, and I was super caffeinated for all of those sessions. I think Kirk spilled his in my car one morning, but it was a small price to pay.

What's your ideal bread?