Musical Art Quintet at Point Richmond Jazz at Point Richmond First United Methodist Church

The SF Weekly describes The Musical Art Quintet best:
"Plenty of local bands are ambitious, but San Francisco's Musical Art Quintet is trailblazing its own genre.
The group, led by bassist and composer Sascha Jacobsen, grew out of Classical Revolution jams at which Jacobsen would write out a new piece of music for his group to perform on the spot. His pieces seek to combine and remix elements of chamber music with rhythms and sounds from all over the world. A Musical Art Quintet composition might meld influences from Africa, Argentina, or Cuba and even a drum machine into a globe-hopping, dance-inspiring, gorgeous work...

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The SF Weekly describes The Musical Art Quintet best:
"Plenty of local bands are ambitious, but San Francisco's Musical Art Quintet is trailblazing its own genre.
The group, led by bassist and composer Sascha Jacobsen, grew out of Classical Revolution jams at which Jacobsen would write out a new piece of music for his group to perform on the spot. His pieces seek to combine and remix elements of chamber music with rhythms and sounds from all over the world. A Musical Art Quintet composition might meld influences from Africa, Argentina, or Cuba and even a drum machine into a globe-hopping, dance-inspiring, gorgeous work. Classical training and a taste for evocative melodies underpin this sound, but improvisation and lively rhythms make the group's "Nuevo Chamber" music truly its own."

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