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The New York Standards Quartet: The New Straight Ahead
by Edward Blanco
The New York Standards Quartet (NYSQ) delivers their fourth overall album and their first for the Whirlwind Recording label on The New Straight Ahead, where the band offers a repertoire of ten familiar songs presented with a new modern twist which, incidentally, has become the group's raison d'etre. Founded in 2006, NYSQ have focused their musical efforts on taking old pop and Broadway show tunes and giving them a new radical design by tweaking the melodies and reconstructing harmonies to ...
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by Bruce Lindsay
The New York Standards Quartet (aka the NYSQ) formed around 2006, its members sharing a love of standards played with a contemporary edge. This, the band's fourth album, is called The New Straight Ahead. As band name and album title suggest, this is a collection of straight-ahead standards, given new arrangements and “redesigns" by the quartet. Re-inventing the standards can be fraught with difficulties--these tunes are, after all, much loved in their original or classic incarnations. Changing tempos ...
read moreThe New York Standards Quartet Celebrates Ten Years Of Touring & Recording With New CD "Power Of 10"
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
The New York Standards Quartet Celebrates Ten Years of Touring & Recording With New CD Power Of 10 Feat. Tim Armacost (saxophones), David Berkman (piano), Michael Janisch (double bass), Gene Jackson (drums) Available on Whirlwind Recordings March 18, 2016 (US & Japan) (December 4, 2015 in Europe) CD Release Celebration: April 28 @ Smalls, NYC NYSQ Upcoming “Power of 10" Japan Tour July 15-Shizuoka-Lifetime July 16-Osaka-Always July 17-Himeji-Layla July 19-Okayama-Cafe Soho July 20-22-Kita Kyushu-Workshop and Two Concerts July 24-Kyoto-Live Spot ...
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