Howl Quartet

Howl Quartet is a wild, expressive outlet bearing all from the calm and reflective to the outright untamed.

Formed of old friends and collaborators, this co-led quartet emerged in 2017 through a collective passion for improvisation and composition. Howl Quartet are a garage rock band at heart with a ferocious energy for artistic expression and improvised music.

Taking inspiration from artists such as Endangered Blood, Claudia Quintet and Brian Blade, there is an innate freedom and creative intensity to their music.

Following sold out shows at EFG London Jazz Festival, The Vortex and Kansas Smitty’s, Howl Quartet’s debut album ‘Life As We See It’ was released in early 2021. The record was released with the support of the Help Musicians ‘Do It Differently’ fund.

Howl Quartet: Night Song

Read "Night Song" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
October 15, 2025

Drawing influences from rock and folk alongside contemporary jazz, the Howl Quartet was formed in 2017 by Dan Smith, Pete Komor, Harry Brunt and Matt Parkinson, though their musical partnership predates the group's inception. These years of collaboration and shared performance experience have fostered an open and co-operative environment that serves as the ideal foundation for their contemplative and considered music. The quartet draws inspiration from Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl. Ginsberg was a central figure in the Beat ...

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