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Jazz saxophonist Sam Kininger has developed a distinctive sound with influences from various rock, funk and hip hop artists. He now performs with his own band after providing the sax sound for Soulive since 1999.

Gold Standard's particular brand of funked-up groove rock may be new to the bars and clubs of Minneapolis, but any devotee of 1970s horn bands like Average White Band and Chicago will recognize the influences immediately. At least they'll think they do, until the song takes a hard left turn and plunges haphazardly through the depths of vintage prog-rock while guitar or sax take a blazing solo flight, pushing the band to ever greater heights of volume and intensity before arriving breathlessly, but safely, at a hooky sing-along chorus.

Added by Upcoming Robot on October 4, 2007