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Yosvany Quintero Sax,Cl.
Gabriel Walter Piano
Andrè Buser
Bass
Florian Arbenz
Perc.

Florian Arbenz bestritt Konzerte, Tourneen und CD-Produktionen mit seinem eigenen New Jazz Trio, mit Kirk Lightsey, Greg Osby, Glenn Ferris, Wolfgang Puschnig und vielen anderen. Im Bereich der klassischen Musik tritt er immer wieder als Schlagzeuger in Sinfonie- und Theaterorchestern, an Festivals und mit Solokonzerten auf. Im Jahr 2000 wurde ihm im Rahmen des Europäischen Kulturpreises der Förderpreis für sein engagiertes Wirken in den Bereichen Jazz und Klassik verliehen.

 

cuarteao

Über Cuarteao

-DIE MUSIK

“cuarteao”: Spanisch für aufgebrochen, rissig. So nennen der Kubaner Yosvany Quintero und seine Mitmusiker ihr Projekt: Ein dichter, drängender, pulsierender Mix aus Jazz, Funk, Drum’n’Bass, kubanischer Musik und klassischer Avantgarde, in welchem die harmonischen, rhythmischen und formalen Strukturen immer wieder aufgebrochen werden. Klänge, die so eigenwillig und so unberechenbar sind wie etwa die Richtungen, in die sich in karger, ausgetrockneter Erde die Risse ausbreiten.

-DAS QUARTETT

“cuarteao“: Spanisch für geviertelt. Vier junge Musiker, alle mit klassischer Ausbildung, die in den verschiedensten Musikrichtungen zu Hause sind, haben sich formiert, um die rhythmisch wie melodisch ungewöhnlichen kompositorischen Ideen von Yosvany Quintero umzusetzen und im gemeinsamen musikalischen Prozess und spontanen Interplay weiterzuentwickeln. Die daraus entstehende Musik ist geprägt durch Spielfreude und Experimentierlust.

 

 

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About Cuarteao

-THE MUSIC

„cuarteao“: Spanish for broken and cracked. This is how the Cuban Yosvany Quintero and his fellow musicians refer to their project, which is a dense, jostling, pulsating mix of jazz, funk, drum’n’ bass, Cuban music and classical avant-garde, in which the harmonies, rhythms and formal structures are frequently broken. Their sounds are like the cracks in sun-baked soil, taking individual and unpredictable directions.


-THE QUARTET

„cuarteao“: Spanish for quartered. Four young musicians, all with classical training and at home in the most varied musical areas, have gathered to present the unusual melodic and rhythmic compositional ideas of Yosvany Quintero. Collectively, they develop these ideas in the process of improvisational interplay, the result of which is music characterised by experiment and joy of playing.

 

 

 

 

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QUOTES FROM THE PRESS ABOUT CUARTEAO


“Hypermodern Rumba: Yosvany Quintero presented an original mix of Jazz, Funk and Rumba”
“Yosvany Quintero started with an emotionally charged mix of Jazz, Funk and Rumba. Complex themes consisting of many short motifs, mixed with breaks which come thick and fast, were underlaid with unusual rhythms which often broke the conventional four-four-time scheme.
Accompanied by a tough rhythm section, Yosvany Quintero played his wild and free saxophone and clarinet solos. He alternated solos with the pianist Gabriel Walter, whose playing stood out due to great intensity and expressiveness.
One could easily forgive the band for the fact that one could not dance a classical Rumba to this kind of music. Musical creativity made up for this ‘lack’.”
Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, 29.1.05


“Musical departure: The quartet “Cuarteao”, centred around the Cuban saxophonist and clarinettist Yosvany Quintero, departs for new musical shores and a new concept of Jazz.”
„Yosvany Quintero’s preference for clear but demanding structures is what causes his compositions to stand out. It calls to mind the M-Base of Steve Coleman, the perfection of whose saxophone playing is equalled by Quintero.”
“Cuarteao can be regarded as one of the rare, promising formations in the otherwise rather stagnant Jazz business. (…) The openness and impartiality with which the four young musicians get down to work is exemplary, and comparable with the pioneering character of other revolutionary Jazzers.”
Oltner Tagblatt, 26.1.06

QUOTES FROM THE PRESS ABOUT CUARTEAO


“Hypermodern Rumba: Yosvany Quintero presented an original mix of Jazz, Funk and Rumba”
“Yosvany Quintero started with an emotionally charged mix of Jazz, Funk and Rumba. Complex themes consisting of many short motifs, mixed with breaks which come thick and fast, were underlaid with unusual rhythms which often broke the conventional four-four-time scheme.
Accompanied by a tough rhythm section, Yosvany Quintero played his wild and free saxophone and clarinet solos. He alternated solos with the pianist Gabriel Walter, whose playing stood out due to great intensity and expressiveness.
One could easily forgive the band for the fact that one could not dance a classical Rumba to this kind of music. Musical creativity made up for this ‘lack’.”
Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, 29.1.05


“Musical departure: The quartet “Cuarteao”, centred around the Cuban saxophonist and clarinettist Yosvany Quintero, departs for new musical shores and a new concept of Jazz.”
„Yosvany Quintero’s preference for clear but demanding structures is what causes his compositions to stand out. It calls to mind the M-Base of Steve Coleman, the perfection of whose saxophone playing is equalled by Quintero.”
“Cuarteao can be regarded as one of the rare, promising formations in the otherwise rather stagnant Jazz business. (…) The openness and impartiality with which the four young musicians get down to work is exemplary, and comparable with the pioneering character of other revolutionary Jazzers.”
Oltner Tagblatt, 26.1.06

 

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Florian Arbenz (Drum set)

Florian Arbenz (Schlagzeug)

 

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Florian Arbenz is veteran of concerts, tours and CDs with his own New Jazz Trio, and also with Kirk Lightsey, Greg Osby,

Glenn Ferris, Wolfgang Puschnig and many others. In the area of classical music, he frequently performs as drummer in symphony and theatre orchestras, at festivals, and gives his own solo concerts. In the year 2000 he won the European Culture Prize for his dedicated work in both the jazz and classical areas.

Gabriel Walter schloss 2002 sein Klavier-studum mit dem Konzertdiplom ab. Er spielt regelmässig in Sinfonie-orchestern und kleineren Ensembles. Als Interpret der Neuen Musik wirkte er unter anderem am Lucerne Festival sowie bei Ur-aufführungen von Komponisten wie Jürg Wyttenbach oder Henri Pousseur mit. 2005 gehörte er zu den Preisträgern des ORPHEUS Förderpreises. Gabriel Walter setzt sich seit längerer Zeit auch intensiv mit Jazz und mit kubanischer Musik auseinander.

E-Bass Studium an der Jazz- und Rockschule Freiburg im Breisgau, Unterricht u.a. bei Dieter Ilg. Hat zusammengearbeitet mit Julio Azcano, Jochen Baldes, Andy Brugger, Carla Cook, Ready D, Levin Deger, Christy Doran, Beat Escher, Kaspar Ewald, Amik Guerra, Robbie Jansen, Theo Kapilidis, André Kunz, Cosimo Lampis, Paz Luaces, Nubya, Roland Philipp, Lisette Spinnler, Ago Totaro, Vic Vergeat, Peter Wagner, Eric Wainaina, Günter Wehinger, Urs Wiesner, u.v.m. Spielt in Bands wie: TOAD, NO NO DIET BANG,PICASON, LAYÉ u.a. Er ist auch tätig als Workshopleiter, Bass- und Theorielehrer an der Musikakademie/Jazzschule Basel.

Gabriel Walter completed his piano studies in 2002 with the concert diploma. He regularly plays with symphony orchestras and smaller ensembles. As interpreter of New Music, he took part in, amongst others, the Lucerne Festival as well as giving first performances of composers such as Jürg Wyttenbach and Henri Pousseur. In 2005 he was winner of the ORPHEUS Prize. Gabriel Walter has long been intensively involved with jazz and Cuban music.

Studied Bass guitar at the Jazz and Rock Schule Freiburg with Dieter Ilg. He has worked with Julio Azcano, Jochen Baldes, Andy Brugger, Carla Cook, Ready D, Levin Deger, Christy Doran, Beat Escher, Kaspar Ewald, Amik Guerra, Robbie Jansen, Theo Kapilidis, Andre Kunz, Cosimo Lampis, Paz Luaces, Nubya, Roland Philip, Lisette Spinnler, Ago Totaro, Vic Vergeat, Peter Wagner, Eric Wainaina, Günter Wehinger, Urs Wiesner and many others. He plays in bands such as TOAD, NO NO DIET BANG, Picason and LAYE. He is also active as a workshop leader, bass and theory teacher at the Academy of Music / Jazz School Basel.

 

 

 

 

Andrè Buser (Bass)

André Buser (Bass)

 

 

 

Yosvany Quintero (Saxophone,Clarinet)

Yosvany Quintero (Saxophone,Clarinet)

Yosvany Quintero, 1973 in Kuba geboren, hat in Havanna Klarinette und nach dem Diplom Komposition und Elektronische Musik studiert. 1997 kam er nach Basel, wo er an der Musik-Akademie seine Kompositions-Studien (insbesondere der algorithmischen Komposition) fortsetzte. Seit den späten 90er-Jahren hat er sich als Klarinettist, Saxophonist und Komponist immer stärker auch dem Jazz und ganz allgemein der improvisierten Musik zugewandt - und auch hier längst eine eigene und starke Stimme gefunden.

 

 

 

 

Gabriel Walter (Piano)

Gabriel Walter (Klavier)

Yosvany Quintero was born in 1973 in Cuba. He first studied clarinet and then, after his diploma, composition and Electronic Music. In 1997 he came to Basel, where he continued his studies in composition (particularly algorithmic composition) at the Music Academy. Since the late 90s, he has devoted himself to Jazz and to improvised music in general, as a clarinettist, saxophonist and composer. In these areas he has found a strong and personal voice.

 

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