Jazz Articles about Peuker8

Peuker8: Radiance

by Jerome Wilson
February 6, 2020

Peuker8, led by guitarist Paul Peuker, is an ensemble which combines the instrumentation of a small jazz group with a string quartet. This makes for a varied sound palette which takes in jazz, rock and classical concepts. The music on this CD starts as a pleasant, light mixture of guitar and strings on “Radiance I," then immediately becomes more complex on “Radiance II" as guitar, piano and drums combine on an angular progressive rock riff further toughened by ...