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New York Standards Quartet at Chez Hanny
Courtesy of Frank Hanny | Posted on December 19, 2014
Where
Chez Hanny
1300 Silver (at Holyoke)
San Francisco, CA
Map
(415) 552-2729
When
Sat, February 14, 2015
4:00 pm
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Musicians
About
The New York Standards Quartet (NYSQ) have developed a near telepathic relationship playing together in a variety of settings since their formation in 2006. Conceptually, the NYSQ strives to develop its own language within the tradition of performing standard jazz repertoire.
“a group devoted to radical reinvention of famous pop songs and Broadway show tunes. Plenty of contemporary jazz artists do that, but few more divertingly than this vivacious foursome, who delightedly cherish the originals while brusquely deconstructing their harmonies and tweaking their melodies, sometimes only slipping in the original theme on the way out of the piece. This is a collective class act.” -- Guardian UK...