Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/28/2016
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location
Point Richmond United Methodist Church
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On Friday, October 28 at 7:30 Point Richmond Jazz opens its 2016-17 concert season with The Musical art Quintet. Founded by bassist Sascha Jacobsen, and named after his famous eponymous violinist grandfather’s “Musical Art String Quartet,” this Sascha Jacobsen adds himself to fine JAZZ string quartet making it a Quintet of amazing chamber jazz virtuoso’s: Anthony Blea and Jory Fankuchen on violins, Church Premawardhana on viola and Lewis Patzner on cello.
Perhaps 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.”