After the release of their all-original first CD, Angela Carole Brown's The Slow Club, this unique jazz quartet, now known as The Slow Club Quartet, established a kind of Expressionist Jazz Movement. Now, with EXPRESSIONISM, the brand new release by Rue de la Harpe Records, and named for this specific turn in their artistic development, the SCQ has covered the songs of their favorite songwriters.
But true to a movement known for its "eruption of irrational and chaotic forces from beneath the surface of a mechanized world," The SCQ has forsaken the typical "standards" CD that jazz artists are usually known for, and instead has created a cross-genre experience, which dips neither into fusion nor smooth jazz, but something altogether otherly. Jimi Hendrix, Tom Waits, and Elliott Smith, to name a few, have been given The Slow Club Quartet's uniquely expressionistic stamp.
The Slow Club Quartet are:
Angela Carole Brown - vocals
Ed Czach - piano
Don Kasper - bass
Craig Pilo - drums
And with an amazing line-up of guest artists:
Roman Dudok - saxophone
Dave Scott - trumpet
Ira Nepus - trombone
Bill Esparza - flute
Brian Brock - percussion
Brandon Brigham - backing vocals
Brian Brigham - backing vocals
Jason Martinez - backing vocals
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Craig has begun a regular column on MusicianWages.com. Check out his first article Getting Started as a Musician.
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And Just Play, Craig Pilo's 2007 jazz release is stilling holding court with its radio play...
and was winner of the 2007 L.A. Music Award for Jazz Artist of the Year,
and the 2008 Great American Songwriting Award for Craig's composition Shades of Blue.
Since its May 1st release, Just Play has been spinning on:
