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Artist:	CLAUDIA QUINTET, THE
Title:	I, Claudia
Label:	CUNEIFORM
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUNE 187CD

"Formed by composer/drummer John Hollenbeck in 1997, this NY ensemble creates music that explores the edge in a manner that captivates and enthralls novice listeners, and keeps experienced fans returning for more. 'Claudia's' newest release, I, Claudia is a highly seductive work, ripe with compelling, propulsive grooves, dynamic sensitivity and telepathic improvisation. Remarkably accessible, its music can perhaps be called postjazz." Features: Drew Gress, Matt Moran, Ted Reichman, Chris Speed.

Artist:	CLAUDIA QUINTET, THE
Title:	Semi-Formal
Label:	CUNEIFORM
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUNE 217CD

"The Claudia Quintet is proof positive that the pessimists were wrong: jazz is not dead, despite being embalmed by major labels and confined by some musicians to dead ends. In the works of this sensational NY-based, 'jazz and beyond' ensemble, jazz has broken through its rigid shell and been reborn in shimmering and beautifully alluring new form. It lives and breathes in music that melds influences from classical minimalism, new music composition, and progressive and post-rock with an astonishingly fresh jazz sensibility. Whatever one wants to call their music, it has very striking original, unique and attractive qualities."

Artist:	CLAUDIA QUINTET, THE
Title:	For
Label:	CUNEIFORM
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUNE 247CD

"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. This conception is why Claudia has had an immediately identifiable sound since its inception and why I am taking the time to name the other musicians in the group who are able to both play the intricate compositions that John hands them but to also improvise within and around these compositions and give them life. Drew Gress (acoustic bass), Matt Moran (vibes), Ted Reichman (accordion) and Chris Speed (clarinet and tenor sax) all make Claudia the fantastic band that it is. An astonishing band with a huge range of emotional depth and range and with appeal far beyond strictly 'jazz' listeners. For this, their fourth album, they've released an album of dedications."

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