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Quest

Geir Hjorthol

Born: September 12, 1952

Geir Hjorthol was born on September 12, 1952 in Sykkylven, Norway. He started to play the trumpet in a marching band at the age of 14, but it took a few years before he started to work seriously with music – along with his academic career as a teacher and researcher of nordic literature. As a trumpet player Geir combines the sound of the trumpet with alternative playing techniques and electronic sound processing. His free improvised music is inspired by folk music and contemporary, free tonal music. The sounds of Geir’s music come not only from acoustic instruments, electronic effects and the human voice, but from nature and everyday life

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: American Adventure

by John Kelman
April 15, 2014

Sometimes an idea seems great on paper, but in execution doesn't exactly work out as planned. Other times, that same idea doesn't just look great, it actually exceeds already high expectations. When saxophonist Tommy Smith--almost single-handedly responsible for rebuilding a modern jazz scene in his home country of Scotland, where he returned after studying at Boston's ...

Circular Dreaming

By Quest

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Pinocchio; Prince of Darkness; Footprints; M.D.; Hand Jive; Vonetta; Nefertiti; Circular Dreaming; Paraphernalia.

Quest: Circular Dreaming

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 3, 2013

Tra i tanti (troppi?) tributi, omaggi e onori al genio di Miles Davis, questo firmato dai Quest del sassofonista Dave Liebman, è certamente uno dei più riusciti nel cogliere lo spirito visionario e creativo di un genio assoluto e tradurlo secondo canoni che ne esaltano virtù e prospettive. Come ricorda nelle note di copertina il pianista ...

Circular Dreaming

by John Kelman
January 10, 2013

Now entering its fourth decade, Quest has covered a lot of territory in that time. Featuring, since inception, saxophonist Dave Liebman and pianist Richie Beirach—truly one of the longest-lasting partnerships in jazz; one marked by an inimitable shared understanding and distinct musical language—Quest's initial approach was perfectly articulated by Storyville's 2010 reissue of the quartet's second ...

Two Aspects of Dave Liebman

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
January 10, 2011

Records on which the prolific saxophonist David Liebman appears, not counting those under his own leadership, could constitute an entire jazz sub-genre on their own. So the two records reviewed here are part of a crowded field.And although Liebman's presence is the common denominator, it is more than a little unfair to the leaders ...

Quest: Searching for the New Sound of Be-Bop

By Quest

Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2010
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Quest: Re-Dial: Live in Hamburg

by John Kelman
December 20, 2010

The new millennium seems to be a time when groups are reuniting, sometimes to even greater acclaim than they achieved the first time around. It's also a time when aging jazz musicians are lighting a fire under their own careers, ramping up their output and broadening their reach. Saxophonist Dave Liebman's activity in the past year ...

Quest: Searching for the New Sound of Be-Bop

by John Kelman
September 7, 2010

QuestSearching for the New Sound of Be-BopStoryville Records2010 There are groups that become legends in their own time and others that only gain momentum after that time has come and gone. Quest was by no means unsuccessful during its ten-year run beginning with its self-titled, Japan-only, 1981 debut, ...