Acme Rocket Quintet
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Acme Rocket Quintet is a Davis, California instrumental group built around guitarist Roger Kunkel, formerly of the acclaimed Davis/Sacramento band Thin White Rope. The group began in the 1990s as the Acme Rocket Quartet — Kunkel, drummer Steve Edberg (later Rusi Gustafson), bassist Dave Thompson, and horn player John Killebrew — and released three albums on Lather Records: Acme Rocket Quartet (1996), Ultra-High-Frequency / UHF (1998), and Sound Camera (2004). Coming up through rock and punk, they turned toward instrumental, jazz-inflected exploration, drawing on Raymond Scott, 1960s film soundtracks, Django Reinhardt, Miles Davis, and lounge music. In 2022 the band reunited and added guitarist Adam Hancock, expanding the Quartet into a Quintet, and continues to play regional rooms including Sacramento's Torch Club.
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