The Claudia Quintet

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Major Nelson 03:36 Tools
drewslate 07:31 Tools
Crane Merit 06:46 Tools
bindi binder 01:42 Tools
boy with a bag and his guardian elephant 02:43 Tools
kord 03:09 Tools
I'm So Fickin' Cool (For Fritz Pauer) 05:48 Tools
growth 02:21 Tools
Keramag 08:10 Tools
guarana 08:10 Tools
two teachers 06:06 Tools
Keramag Prelude 01:01 Tools
susan 05:23 Tools
Sphinx 03:59 Tools
Armitage Shanks 05:03 Tools
Paterna Terra 05:31 Tools
limp mint 07:49 Tools
Ted Versus Ted 00:42 Tools
Royal Toast 05:31 Tools
Drew with Drew 00:48 Tools
Zurn 06:42 Tools
they point...glance...whisper...then snicker... 09:30 Tools
minor nelson 03:45 Tools
Matt On Matt 00:53 Tools
Chris and Chris 00:55 Tools
Ideal Standard 08:07 Tools
For You 06:11 Tools
American Standard 06:04 Tools
Just Like Him 06:37 Tools
For Frederick Franck 07:49 Tools
"Ideal" Intro 01:15 Tools
Opening 06:40 Tools
August 5th, 2006 (For Kate Schroeder And Family) 09:38 Tools
Adowa (For Gra) 05:28 Tools
The Cloud of Unknowing 06:08 Tools
Misty Hymen 05:45 Tools
Be Happy (For S.N. Goenka) 11:05 Tools
Rug Boy (For Debbie Clapper) 03:56 Tools
Couch 09:01 Tools
This Too Shall Pass (For Tom Moran And Family) 07:27 Tools
where's my mint? (mint=president) 02:54 Tools
'arabic' 08:23 Tools
Be Happy 11:08 Tools
August 5, 2006 09:41 Tools
"Arabic" 08:23 Tools
I'm So Fickin' Cool 05:50 Tools
This Too Shall Pass 07:29 Tools
"...Can You Get Through This Life With a Good Heart?" 07:38 Tools
JFK Beagle 05:42 Tools
Nightbreak 10:37 Tools
Rug Boy 03:57 Tools
September 20th: Soterius Lakshmi 02:35 Tools
A-List 10:36 Tools
Rainy Days/Peanut Vendor Mash-Up (For All Music Teachers) 09:30 Tools
September 9th: Wayne Phases 10:37 Tools
Philly 07:01 Tools
High Mayhem Festival 2003 Sampler 09:30 Tools
September 25th: Somber Blanket 06:27 Tools
Peterborough 10:42 Tools
If you seek a Fox 10:42 Tools
September 18th: Lemons 10:36 Tools
Newark Beagle 09:31 Tools
September 12th: coping song 05:42 Tools
September 22nd: Love Is Its Own Eternity 04:48 Tools
Pure poem 09:28 Tools
A-B-S-T-I-N-E-N-C-E 06:58 Tools
September 17th: Loop Piece 06:53 Tools
September 24th: Interval Dig 06:25 Tools
Mangold 10:36 Tools
September 16th: Mystic Klang 02:48 Tools
Love Song for Kate 09:28 Tools
Rainy Days (Peanut Vendor Mash-up / For all music teachers) 09:28 Tools
September 29th, 1936: "Me Warn You" 10:27 Tools
Job 03:28 Tools
Peace Of Green 02:06 Tools
No D 09:31 Tools
Rainy Days/Peanut Vendor Mash-up 09:31 Tools
Three Odes- Admiration (For Peter Garland), Nostalgia (For Jan Garbarek), Pity (For Mary Cheney) 07:54 Tools
Burt and Ken 06:21 Tools
Three Odes: Admiration, Nostalgia, Pity (For Peter Garland, Jan Garbarek, and Mary Cheney) 07:52 Tools
Meinetwegen 06:42 Tools
Visions of Claudia 07:01 Tools
Mates For Life 09:16 Tools
September 20th Soterius Lakshmi 02:35 Tools
The Snow Is Deep On The Ground 07:56 Tools
Rainy Days 09:31 Tools
Flock 04:00 Tools
Rose Colored Rhythm 02:48 Tools
I'm So Fickin Cool 05:50 Tools
...after a dance or two, we sit down for a pint with Gil and Tim... 05:50 Tools
Beautiful You Are 03:53 Tools
Thursday 7:30pm (Holy) 05:57 Tools
The Bloodhounds 04:51 Tools
Where's My Mint? 02:55 Tools
Do Me That Love 05:31 Tools
'...Can you get through this life with a good heart?' 03:51 Tools
Three Odes 05:57 Tools
Rainy Days/Peanut Vendor 05:57 Tools
Thursday 11:14am (Grey) 10:42 Tools
Opening The Window 05:17 Tools
Limpidity Of Silences 04:57 Tools
September 9th Wayne Phases 10:36 Tools
September 24th Interval Dig 06:25 Tools
What Is The Beautiful 07:03 Tools
September 29th, 1936 "Me Warn You" 10:26 Tools
September 12th Coping Song 05:43 Tools
Rose-Colored Rhythm 02:55 Tools
September 25th Somber Blanket 06:27 Tools
Admiration, Nostalgia, Pity 07:54 Tools
Three Odes: Admiration (For Peter Garland), Nostalgia (For Jan Garbarek), Pity (For Mary Cheney) 07:54 Tools
September 18th Lemons 10:36 Tools
Showtime - 23rd Street Runs Into Heaven 06:27 Tools
September 16th Mystic Klang 02:48 Tools
...Can You Get Through This Life With a Good Heart? 05:43 Tools
September 17th Loop Piece 06:54 Tools
September 22nd Love Is Its Own Eternity 04:48 Tools
Three Odes: Admiration/nostalgia/pity 04:48 Tools
Rainy Days / Peanut Vendor Mash-up (For All Music Teachers) 02:48 Tools
...Can You Get Through This Life With A Good Heart?" 02:48 Tools
Keramag (Album) 02:48 Tools
Where's my mint 02:55 Tools
What Is The Beautiful? 07:03 Tools
...Can You Get Through This Life With A Good Heart?' 07:38 Tools
Crane Merit (Album) 07:38 Tools
Keramag Prelude (Album) 07:38 Tools
August 5th, 2006 ( for Kate Schroeder and family) 07:38 Tools
Meintwegen 06:42 Tools
Rainy Days/ Peanut Vendor Mash-Up (for all music teachers) 06:42 Tools
This Too Shall Pass( for Tom Moran and family) 07:03 Tools
Three Odes: admiraton (for Peter Garland), nostalgia (for Jan Garbarek, pity (for Mary Cheney) 07:03 Tools
Paterna Terra (Album) 07:03 Tools
Sphinx (Album) 07:03 Tools
Armitage Shanks (Album) 07:03 Tools
Matt On Matt (Album) 07:03 Tools
Chris And Chris (Album) 07:03 Tools
Drew With Drew (Album) 07:03 Tools
Ted Versus Ted (Album) 07:03 Tools
Zurn (Album) 07:03 Tools
'Ideal' (intro) 01:16 Tools
American Starndard (Album) 07:03 Tools
...can you get through this life with a good heart 01:16 Tools
Royal Toast (Album) 07:03 Tools
For Frederick Franck (Album) 07:03 Tools
Cloud of Unknowing 07:03 Tools
Be Happy (For S. N. Goenka) 11:08 Tools
"Ideal" Intro (Album) 11:08 Tools
"Ideal Standard" (Album) 11:08 Tools
''Ideal Intro'' 03:51 Tools
Showtime / 23rd Street Runs Into Heaven 09:11 Tools
Tune number 2 11:08 Tools
I’m So Fickin’ Cool (For Fritz Pauer) 11:08 Tools
No D [Live] 11:08 Tools
Three Odes: Admiration (For Peter Garland), Nostalgia (For Jam Garbarek), Pity (For Mary Cheney) 11:08 Tools
Tune number 1 11:08 Tools
17th Loop Piece 11:08 Tools
Three Odes: Admiration (For Peter Garland) / Nostalgia (For Jan Garbarek) / Pity (For Mary Cheney) 11:08 Tools
thursday 3-44pm (playground) 03:51 Tools
JFK Beagle [from 'Super Petite'] 03:51 Tools
Three Odes: admiration, nostalgia, pity 03:51 Tools
Ideal (Intro) 03:51 Tools
August 5th 2006 (for Kate Schroeder and Family) 09:41 Tools
Thursday 11-14am (grey) 09:41 Tools
thursday 7-30pm (holy) 09:11 Tools
Armittage Shanks 05:03 Tools
Introduction 09:11 Tools
Three Odes: admiraton (for Peter Garland), nostalgia (for Jan Garbarek), pity (for Mary Cheney) 09:11 Tools
24th Interval Dig 09:11 Tools
'... Can You Get Through This Life With a Good Heart?' 07:38 Tools
Showtime/23rd Street Runs Into Heaven 09:11 Tools
Tune number 3 07:38 Tools
Tune number 4 09:41 Tools
...Can You Get Through This Life With a Good Heart- 09:11 Tools
Tune number 6 09:41 Tools
Peanut Vendor 09:41 Tools
''Ideal Standard'' 09:11 Tools
I'm So Fickin_ Cool 05:50 Tools
I'm So Fuckin' Cool (For Fritz Pauer) 09:41 Tools
Interval Dig 09:11 Tools
Spinx 09:11 Tools
Tune number 7 09:11 Tools
The Snow is Deep 09:11 Tools
'...Can You Get Through This Life with a Good Heart ' 09:11 Tools
Love Is Its Own Eternity 09:11 Tools
Intro 09:11 Tools
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The Claudia Quintet is proof positive that the pessimists were wrong: jazz is not dead, despite being embalmed by major labels and confined by the narrow-minded to dead-ends. The stunningly original and lyrical works of this NY based ensemble, led by composer/drummer John Hollenbeck, reveal breathtaking new vistas for jazz beyond genre walls. In compositions that meld mental challenge with charm, captivating audiences with austere beauty or propulsive grooves, jazz breaks through its rigid shell, recombines with a myriad of other musics, and is reborn in a transcendent new form. Hollenbeck melds influences from classical minimalism (Terry Riley, John Adams, Steve Reich), new music composition (Morton Feldman, Peter Garland), and progressive /post-rock (Tortoise, The Necks) with a jazz sensibility and a unique, acoustic orchestration. The resulting music is as fresh as a new, living, breathing life form. The Claudia Quintet emerged from the alt jazz/ new music scene around the East Side NY venues Tonic, and its predecessor, alt.coffee in the 1990s. It grew out of the Refuseniks, a collective consisting of John Hollenbeck (percussion), Ted Reichman (accordion), and Reuben Radding (bass). In 1997, after Radding left NY, Hollenbeck formed a group to perform his own compositions, which he named The Claudia Quintet after an ephemeral and near-mythic Refusenik fan. On the quintet’s 3rd release, Semi-Formal, Claudia’s lineup expands beyond its usual acoustic orchestration, to include Hollenbeck on drums, keyboards, and fan(!); Drew Gress on acoustic bass and guitars (electric & pedal steel); Matt Moran on vibraphone, keyboards and baritone horn; Ted Reichman on accordion, guitars (electric & acoustic), and keyboards; and Chris Speed on clarinet, tenor sax, and keyboards. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.