The Claudia Quintet
| The Claudia Quintet | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Creative jazz |
| founding | 1997 |
| Current occupation | |
Composition, drums, percussion, keyboard |
John Hollenbeck |
Vibraphone, percussion |
Matt Moran |
Accordion, piano |
Red Wierenga |
bass |
Drew Gress |
Clarinet, tenor saxophone |
Chris Speed |
The Claudia Quintet is an American jazz ensemble led by drummer and composer John Hollenbeck .
Band history
The Claudia Quintet was founded in 1997 by John Hollenbeck; supposedly it came out of the trio The Refuseniks . Hollenbeck describes his music as “ eclectic post-jazz ”, which mixes “ minimal , avant-garde rock, fiery improvisation and razor-sharp composition”, with references to contemporary classical music, serialism and gamelan music an extension of the cool jazz of the 1950s; " Sonic tapestries that stretch the boundaries of chamber jazz. “ Billboard named the ensemble's second album, I, Claudia , one of the best of 2004,“ a sumptuous, postmodern chamber jazz ”. During the recording sessions for their third album, semi-formal (dt. Semi-formally , 2005), the quintet expanded its instruments u. a. to keyboards , pedal steel guitar , baritone horn and the Casio SK-1.
On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the American poet Kenneth Patchen , they received a composition commission from the University of Rochester , which would be included in the album What Is the Beautiful? where Patchen's poems are combined with music, with Theo Bleckmann and Kurt Elling as guest vocalists.
Discographic notes
- John Hollenbeck / The Claudia Quintet (Composers Recordings, 2001)
- I, Claudia ( Cuneiform , 2004)
- Semi-Formal (Cuneiform, 2005)
- For (Cuneiform, 2007)
- The Claudia Quintet + Gary Versace - Royal Toast (2010)
- The Claudia Quintet +1 - What Is the Beautiful? (Cuneiform, 2011), with Matt Mitchell
- September (2013), with Chris Speed, Matt Moran, Drew Gress, Red Wierenga, Chris Tordini
- John Hollenbeck / Claudia Quintet: Super Petite (Cuneiform, 2016)
Web links
- The Claudia Quintet at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait at Cuneiform
- ↑ Baby blue pages
- ^ Review of the album Semi-Formal (2005) by Peter Marsh on the BBC
- ^ A b Daniel Spicer: Review of the album What Is the Beautiful? (2011) at BBC
- ↑ Musicworks. No. 97-99.
- ^ The Absolute sound. No. 173-177, 2007.
- ^ Billboard, February 7, 2004, p. 16.
- ^ John Kelman: Review of The Claudia Quintet: Semi-Formal (2005) at All About Jazz