THE CLAUDIA QUINTET

Royal Toast

2010-09-13

For this release, Claudia Quintet leader/composer, John Hollenbeck, began by collecting song titles. He then wrote music inspired by these words and phrases with no thought as to their meaning, thus removing any context from them. The result is almost free jazz; but this is actually melodic and often quiet. The most interesting songs here are "Keramag" and "Armitage Shanks", which are both mid-tempo with tight arrangements. Rebecca Ruth

Quick Links:

More reviews tagged #Jazz

  • reviewed 06/2010

    DR. JOHN AND THE LOWER 911
    TRIBAL

  • reviewed 05/2007

    BELA FLECK AND CHICK COREA
    The Enchantment

  • reviewed 09/2011

    T.K. BLUE
    Latin Bird

  • reviewed 10/2015

    Joel Harrison
    Spirit House

  • reviewed 05/2008

    JALEEL SHAW
    Optimism

  • reviewed 10/2004

    The Lynne Arriale Trio
    Come Together

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.