Brought together initially at the 2001 Big Sur Experimental Music Festival, these five friends from the East and West coasts have since collaborated on many projects in various configurations: Chris Forsyth and Ernesto Diaz-Infante's longstanding duo collaboration has resulted in three CD releases, a European tour, and an upcoming major American tour; Dan DeChellis and Jeff Arnal recorded a well-received duo CD for Sachimay Records; and Anita DeChellis, Arnal, Forsyth, and Diaz-Infante all contributed their talents to Rev.99's latest recording on Pax, the controversial Everything Changed After 7-11.
Now these musicians have joined forces to produce 1-8 in 1, an album that builds on their individual strengths: a strong sense of form and composition, an ability to listen and move within the flow of the music, and an intuitive playing ability that focuses on timbre, color, and texture.
Critical praise for the members of Focus Quintet:
Jeff Arnal
“...Arnal's sweeping fills and odd-metered beats provide the listener with a potpourri of harmonious interludes and raw yet powerful improv." -Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz
Ernesto Diaz-Infante
“...Diaz-Infante breaks down the creative process into its most basic elements of man and instrument." -Scott Menhinick, Signal to Noise
Dan DeChellis:
“Untroubled by the harmonic underpinning of jazz, DeChellis is following an entirely different route
For more information contact All About Jazz.
