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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 less