Jazz Articles about Paul Peuker

About Paul Peuker

Album Review

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 ...

Album Review

Peuker8: Influx

Read "Influx" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann

by Friedrich Kunzmann
March 4, 2018

The attempt at blending western classical music with jazz surely is no new concept; at the same time the possibilities and various approaches are far from exhausted and in desperate need of attention. German Guitarist Paul Peuker has been exploring different jazz realms with various formations for many years now and eventually founded the Peuker8 octet in 2011, leading to their debut recording Resound in 2014. 2018 sees said Octet releasing their sophomore effort, Influx, on which Peuker furthermore expands ...