You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians The Ultimate Stank Face Challenge
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Aug 17, 2026 Two jazz pianists trade jaw-dropping song picks to provoke the biggest involuntary reactions. They break down hard rock riffs, Van Halen virtuosity, string quartet jazz arrangements, disco-funk bass grooves, sample-based hip-hop production, and modern R&B sampling. A poker-face final round tests who can sit stone-faced through the most provocative tracks.
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How The Stank Face Showdown Works
- The Stank Face Showdown is a listening game where players alternate picking tracks to force an involuntary reaction from the other person.
- Adam Maness and Peter Martin judge by raw facial reactions and let the audience score each round.
Using Drum Sound And Riff To Trigger Reaction
- Adam uses classic hard rock groove and huge drum sound as a deliberate strategy to provoke Peter's stank face reaction.
- He opens with Led Zeppelin's
Quartet Ebène Brings Jazz Into Strings
- Peter plays Quartet Ebène's string-quartet interpretation of Kenny Kirkland's D'Ende to surprise Adam with jazz-meets-strings textures.
- He praises the group's arrangements and their ability to mix classical string writing with improvisation.