The Claudia Quintet is an "eclectic post-jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

" ensemble formed by drummer and composer John Hollenbeck.

Personnel

• Drew Gress
  Drew Gress
  Drew Gress is an American jazz double-bassist and composer born in Trenton, New Jersey, raised in the Philadelphia area, and currently based in New York City.-Biography:...
  
   – double bass
  Double bass
  The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
  
  
• John Hollenbeck – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  , composition
• Matt Moran
  Matt Moran
  Matthew Moran,commonly known as Matt Moran, is an Australian chef also known for being a guest on various TV cooking shows.- Early childhood and education :...
  
   – vibraphone
  Vibraphone
  The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
  
  
• Ted Reichman – accordion
  Accordion
  The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
  
  
• Chris Speed
  Chris Speed
  Chris Speed is an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.He studied classical piano from the age of five, and began clarinet at eleven. In high school he took up the tenor saxophone and began studying jazz...
  
   – clarinet
  Clarinet
  The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
  
  , tenor saxophone
  Tenor saxophone
  The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
  
  

History and name

After the dissolution of the Refuseniks trio

Trio (music)

Trio is generally used in any of the following ways:* A group of three musicians playing the same or different musical instrument.* The performance of a piece of music by three people.* The contrasting section of a piece in ternary form...

 upon the departure of bassist Reuben Radding, Hollenbeck formed The Claudia Quintet.

Discography

The Claudia Quintet; February 1, 2002; Blueshift CRI

1. Meinetwegen
2. a-b-s-t-i-n-e-n-c-e
3. Love Song for Kate
4. Thursday 7:30pm (holy)
5. Thursday 11:14am (grey)
6. Thursday 3:44pm (playground)
7. Burt and Ken (
8. ...after a dance or two, we sit down for a pint with Gil and Tim...
9. No D
10. Visions of Claudia

I, Claudia; January 14, 2004; Cuneiform

Cuneiform Records

Cuneiform Records is an independent record label based in Silver Spring, Maryland.The label releases a mixture of musical styles, including progressive jazz, modern fusion music, progressive rock, the Canterbury Scene and electronic music...

1. just like him
2. Opening
3. "arabic"
4. The Cloud Of Unknowing
5. Adowa (for gra)
6. "...can you get through this life with a good heart?"
7. Misty Hymen
8. couch

Semi-Formal; October 11, 2005; Cuneiform

1. Major Nelson
2. Drewslate
3. Kord
4. They point...glance...whisper...then snicker...
5. Bindi binder
6. Susan
7. Two teachers
8. Growth
9. Limp mint
10. Guarana
11. Where's my mint? (mint=president)
12. Boy with a bag and his guardian elephant
13. minor nelson

For; May 21, 2007

2007 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...

; Cuneiform

1. I'm So Fickin' Cool
2. August 5th, 2006
3. Be Happy
4. This Too Shall Pass
5. Rug Boy
6. For You
7. Rainy Days/Peanut Vendor Mash-Up
8. Three Odes: Admiration/Nostalgia/Pity

Royal Toast w/Gary Versace; May 18, 2010

2010 in music

2010 in music may refer to:*2010 in American music*2010 in Australian music*2010 in British music*2010 in Canadian music*2010 in European music *2010 in Irish music*2010 in Japanese music*2010 in New Zealand music...

; Cuneiform

1. Crane Merit
2. Keramag Prelude
3. Keramag
4. Paterna Terra
5. Ted versus Ted
6. Armitage Shanks
7. Drew with Drew
8. Sphinx
9. Matt on Matt
10. Zurn
11. Chris and Chris
12. Royal Toast
13. "Ideal" Intro
14. Ideal Standard
15. American Standard
16. For Frederick Franck

External links

• johnhollenbeck.com
• Tour calendar
• drewgress.com
• mattmoran.com
• tedreichman.com
• chrisspeed.com