Jazz Articles about Luna Quartet

Luna Quartet: New Standards

by Eric J. Iannelli
December 4, 2004

The Luna Quartet's “new standards" are, as one might infer from the album's paradoxical and punning title, all their own material. For the group's third album, pianist Steve Moon and bassist Damon Lee have divvied up songwriting duties, netting three apiece. Guitarist Ian Scherer, a new addition to the quartet, contributes one.

The standout is “Miss B's Logic," written by Moon. This five-minute song seems to encapsulate what the latest incarnation of the Luna Quartet is all about: appealing, deceptively ...