Krantz Carlock Lefebvre features Krantz as one-third of a longstanding trio that also includes drummer Keith Carlock and bassist Tim Lefebvre, which was first convened in 1997. 'Giving this band a voice in the context of a studio is a big deal for us', Krantz says. 'Everything we have ever released together has been some kind of live album. Now we have the clarity and concision of the studio along for the ride.' The result is Krantz's most personal statement yet, more strongly rooted in composition while still rich with the improvisational nuances that make his live performances so riveting. 'In the studio', he says, 'the audience dynamic from a concert setting is replaced with something else, a sort of hyper-concentration. Instead of pulling inspiration from the atmosphere of a show, you get it solely the other players and the acoustic space and the machines around you.' Krantz has long abandoned concepts of genre and style, as his path has become more personal, more searching. 'It does not bother me to evoke the blues or jazz or rock with my playing. These idioms have fallen into common domain now; nobody owns them, they belong to everyone', he says, 'but it does bother me to hear myself playing with the voice of another specific individual. It interferes with my search for the truth, which is basically what I am about with this thing of music.'