{"id":3092,"date":"2011-11-20T15:23:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T23:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=3092"},"modified":"2011-11-20T15:23:19","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T23:23:19","slug":"update-help-for-jim-knapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2011\/11\/update-help-for-jim-knapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Help For Jim Knapp"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fund-raising effort to aid composer, arranger, trumpeter and bandleader Jim Knapp is progressing slowly. Knapp recently lost his right foot and part of \"\"<\/a>his lower leg in an operation to combat diabetes. In a message, he writes, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My recovery is going well. I have a prosthesis now, so I am bipedal again.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d His financial recuperation is less stable. Friends and fellow musicians headed by saxophonist Steve Griggs have set a goal of $30,000 to defray Knapp\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s medical expenses, which far exceed his insurance coverage. A performance of Knapp\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s music earlier this month helped, but Griggs reports that the total is $4,485, more than $25,000 short of the target. He and his group have set up a donation website here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The benefit concert November 2 at Seattle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Triple Door included this performance of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Secular Breathing,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the title piece of a 2003 Knapp album<\/a>. The soloists are Mark Taylor, Steve Treseler and Stuart MacDonald, tenor saxophones; John Hansen, piano; and Jon Hamar, bass.<\/p>\n