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 06/2016

    Julian Lage
    Arclight

  • reviewed 10/2006

    FREDDIE CRUGER AKA RED ASTAIRE
    Soul Search

  • reviewed 02/2008

    BEN ALLISON AND MAN SIZE SAFE
    Little Things Run the World

  • reviewed 04/2012

    CHAISE LOUNGE
    Insomnia

  • reviewed 08/2007

    ELDAR
    Re-Imagination

  • reviewed 10/2013

    QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO
    Pacific Premieres

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.