KUCHING: YK Samarinda is an ethnic jazz band from East Kalimantan who started out as a fusion jazz band and eventually made and combined ethnic songs of Kalimantan in jazz rhythm.
They will be performing at the Borneo Jazz Festival 2014 on Saturday, May 10 in Miri.
The YK Band is a quartet from Samarinda whose music is a unique blend of Indonesian Borneo tunes built into western jazz techniques and improvisation.
Yusuf and King formed the band in 2003 when they established some projects of ethnic songs.
In 2005, the keyboardist and studio arranger Yin, joined the group followed by Avant, Thrash Metal’s drummer.
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