Jazz Articles about Modern Guitar Quintet

Modern Guitar Quintet: Back to Business

by Dave Nathan
May 3, 2002

The Florida based Modern Guitar Quintet was formed by Carl Amundson and Dan Crowley in 1997 and was dedicated to the performance of jazz which has a modern bent. Back to Business is their second release with a program of original compositions. There are three guitar players in the quintet, one of whom, Dan Crowley, doubles on flute. This is one of those albums where the virtuosity in the playing, individually and in ensemble, carries the album rather than the ...