With Daniel Guggenheim, Peter Madsen, Sean Smith and Devin Gray, four experienced jazz musicians from Europe and New York have come together to express their joy of playing and their appetite for the new without compromise. The New York Quartet places itself fully in the service of a team performance in which the individual brilliance of all members condenses into a shared sonic image.
“Innovative, stylish, sophisticated and moving as if sleepwalking between seductive Cool and demanding New Jazz” — that is how Online Musik Magazin describes the quartet’s music. Daniel Guggenheim manages to channel the diverse influences of his four musicians into a coherent overall statement, creating impulses that go well beyond classic quartet aesthetics.
Drummer Devin Gray represents a modern, open approach to the drum set and works regularly with Tony Malaby, Ingrid Jensen, Dave Liebman, Chris Speed, Kris Davis and many others from the innovative US jazz scene. Pianist Peter Madsen and bassist Sean Smith bring decades of New York club experience to the band. Live, the quartet tours in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the USA.