In Summer 2007, singer Theo Bleckmann and postmodern creative music group Kneebody collaborated to create a new song cycle based on compositions by one of the very fi rst American composers. FEATURED ARTISTS Theo Bleckmann: voice, effects/Nate Wood: drums/Kaveh Rastegar: bass/Adam Benjamin: Fender Rhodes, piano/Shane Endsley: trumpet/Ben Wendel: tenor saxophone, melodica, bassoon