Jazz Articles about Quarter Past

About Quarter Past

Album Review

The Norwegian band Quarter Past has returned after a two year hiatus from Smash No Flash (Jejune Production, 2005) with Boom-Pah and they have not been standing still. Simply put, the band has found the right balance between raw energy with dense waves of sound from Dag Stiberg's distinctive buzz-saw alto saxophone sound, straight driving groove material and softer, more melodic pieces. Helge Jorgensen is the band's main composer and the material is well constructed. By combining ...

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Album Review

Quarter Past: Smash No Flash

Read "Smash No Flash" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
August 20, 2005

How can you not have a soft spot for a group that attempts to define its compositional and improvisational esthetic by using a quote from Wittgenstein describing language (without, of course, explaining its meaning)? Clearly these are serious musicians, and they say, “In the music of Quarter Past the attentive listener will find that the compositional structure and improvisational form together constitute the piece of sound art. The one will not subsist without the other, just in the way great ...