Member Since: 17/02/2007
Band Website: www.the-quartet.co.uk
Band Members: Jack Hues - guitar, composer. Sam Bailey - piano, fender rhodes keyboard. Tom Mason - double bass. Dave Smith - drums. Guests: Paul Booth - saxophone. Raven Bush - violin. Duncan Mckay - trumpet.
Influences: each other (the band members), Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Johannes Brahms, Bill Evans, Brad Mehldau, Cream, Radiohead, Beatles, Ronald Smith, Stockhausen, Andrei Tarkovsky, Olivier Messiaen, Stan Tracey, Byron Wallen, Mick Grierson, The Bad Plus, Led Bib, Thirsty Ear - The Blue Series, Spring Heel Jack, Egg, Soft Machine, Prince, Led Zeppelin, Aphex Twin, David Lynch, James Joyce, Adolf Busch, Maria Rainer Rilke, this could go on forever...
Sounds Like: ’Infectious and bursting with ideas’ - The Independant. ’Musical nods to Miles, Floyd and Zappa ... dramatic melody and telling atmosphere makes for some gripping music’ - Mojo. ’Cool ... catchy and ingenious ... a grown up debut from an impressive composer’ - The Guardian. ’A subtly rewarding jazz-rock record ... there’s more to this carefully-woven crossover than first meets the ear’ - BBC music magazine. You can get it from itunes, HMV, amazon, our website or here: http://www.heliumrecords.co.uk/quartet_cd.htm
Record Label: www.heliumrecords.co.uk
Type of Label: Indie