Jazz on 3 - The Claudia Quintet at the Barbican

Jez Nelson presents a gig by drummer and composer John Hollenbeck's group the Claudia Quintet. Renowned for their eclectic twists through free-jazz, post-bop and spatial minimalism, the quintet features top names from the New York scene: Trevor Dunn (double bass), Matt Moran (vibraphone/percussion), Ted Reichman (accordion) and Chris Speed (clarinet/tenor sax). Formed in 1997, the Claudia Quintet have released four albums of originals by Grammy-nominated composer John Hollenbeck. Hailed as one of the most exciting bands in contemporary jazz, it draws on a range of modern musical influences, from klezmer to hip hop and rock. Playlist: Excerpt from Opening by Claudia Quintet (details below) CD tracks: Artist: EJ Strickland (EJ Strickland - drums, Jaleel Shaw - alto sax, Hans Glawischnig - bass, Luis Perdomo - piano, Pedro Martinex - congas and djembe) Track title: Eternal Composer: Enoch Jamal Strickland Album title: In This Day Label: Strick Muzik Artist: Steve Lehman Octet (Steve Lehman - alto sax, Mark Shim - tenor sax, Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet, Tim Albright - trombone, Chris Dingman - vibraphone, Jose Davila - tuba, Drew Gress - bass, Tyshawn Sorey - drums) Track title: No Neighbourhood Rough Enough Composer: Steve Lehman Album title: Travail, Transformation and Flow Label: Pi Recordings Artist: Robert Glasper (Robert Glasper - piano and Rhodes, Vincente Archer - bass, Chris Dave - drums) Track title: No Worries Composer: Robert Glasper Album title: Double-Booked Label: Blue Note British summer festival highlights: Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival 2009 Friday 31st July - Roy Hargrove Quintet @ Queens Hall Friday 31st July - Atomic @ Bosco Theatre Sunday 1st August - The Thing @ The Lot Ronnie Scott's British Jazz Festival 2009 @ Ronnie Scott's, London Tueday 4th August - Nucleus Revisited and Michael Garrick Quartet Wednesday 5th August - Evan Parker Trio and The London Jazz Collective Monday 10th August - Kinch and Tom Cawley's Curios Wednesday 12th August - Bear and Get the Blessing Thursday 13th August - Iain Ballamy and The James Pearson Trio Jez interviews John Hollenbeck, composer and leader of Claudia Quintet Claudia Quintet recorded at the Barbican on July 8, 2009 Line up: John Hollenbeck (drums) Trevor Dunn (electric bass) Chris Speed (reeds) Matt Moran (vibes) Ted Reichman (accordion) Set list: Opening Arabic Jazz Envy Point This Too Shall Pass Be Happy All tracks composed by John Hollenbeck.