Chris Speed

Semi-Formal
Claudia Quintet

A unique and forward thinking ensemble, composer John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet explores the tenuous boundaries between Jazz, Classical and Rock. The group's strengths lie in their inability to be easily categorized.

Editora: 
Cuneiform records
€16.90

For
Claudia Quintet

Since their founding in the late 1990s, The Claudia Quintet has walked a unique path in contemporary jazz. Unlike most jazz ensembles where the particular musicians may come and go, drummer, composer and leader John Hollenbeck always wanted Claudia to be a 'band' with a sound not only determined by the compositions and the instrumentation, but with the actual players who perform the music.

Editora: 
Cuneiform records
€16.90

Blackbird
Henning Sierverts Symmetry

This CD demonstrates that smartly constructed compositions can have a captivating atmosphere and be a lot of fun at the same time. Henning Sieverts draws on the immense possibilities of the systematic and masterfully exploits these possibilities. With his ear attuned to continual change, Sieverts has made subtle use of symmetric material in the pieces on this CD.

Editora: 
Pirouet
€14.90

Claudia Quintet + Gary Versace

The humorously titled Royal Toast is the fifth album from the Claudia Quintet, percussionist and composer John Hollenbeck's longstanding five-piece that is—in the eternal words of Duke Ellington—a band "beyond category." Eradicating the tenuous boundary lines between idioms, Hollenbeck and company draw on ethnic traditions, free jazz, contemporary composition and progressive rock in their multifac

Editora: 
Cuneiform
€13.90

Insomnia
Tim Berne

Insomnia might seem like a liability for someone who needs to be creative and sharp, but not always. Sleeplessness can give the eye another perspective – as if seeing through a kind of kaleidoscope: The things on the other end are the same, but they look different, other. Tim Berne didn't sleep the night before he and a choice international octet recorded INSOMNIA live in the studio, summer 1997.

Editora: 
Clean Feed
€13.90

Acrobat : Music for, and by Dmitri Shostakovich (out of stock)
Michael Bates

Avant-garde bassist Michael Bates identifies the connection between the Stravinsky-influenced modern classical music of Shostakovich and his own free jazz tendencies on Acrobat: Music for, and by, Dmitri Shostakovich.

Editora: 
Sunnyside
€16.90
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