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/it's only a paper world/
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10 apr 2010, 21:00
03 dec 2010 |
album showcase /it's only a paper world/,
/chrous/, lausanne, switzerland |
/nanook of the north/
| 05 may 2009, 21:00 |
/suoni e visioni/, spazio oberdan, milano, italy,
featuring kurt rosenwinkel |
| 24 jul 2009, 20:30 | /airolo in transizione/, airolo, switzerland |
| 10 sep 2009, 22:30 | festival letterario /parolario 2009/, como, italy |
/q3/ is a musicians' collective gathering artists such as kurt rosenwinkel, max de aloe, luca gusella, michael neff and gabriele pezzoli around the rhythmic tandem of the young swiss-american brothers simon (double bass) and brian quinn (drums). evolution of the homonymous trio of brothers, comprising also nolan quinn (trumpet), founded in 2004, /q3/ is featured by festivals and clubs all over europe (/blue note milan/, /suoni e visioni festival multimediale/, /ellingtonzaal amsterdam/, /europafest bucharest/, /kaštan praha/, /clusone jazz/, /istituto svizzero di roma/, /jazzonzeplus lausanne/ and many others) and awarded prizes dedicated to jazz music (/bucharest international jazz competition 2007/, /zkb jazzpreis 2006/, /nescafé gold jazz award 2005/). /q3/ puts forward new projects and original ideas constantly; among them are four record and video productions, soundtracks, concert and event productions.
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most recent incarnation and album, /it's only a paper world/ is a self-production that again advances the concept of /gesamtkunstwerk/ which has always distinguished /q3/: each phase of the production, from conception and composition until promotion and sale, is handled by the musicians themselves. an object fraught with meaning and cues, the container - probably the first stereoscopic cd cover ever - is as important as its contents. the repertoire is a contemporary and intuitive reinterpretation of the age-old art of counterpoint which denotes european music: employing jazz, drum'n'bass and rhythmic ostinati reminiscent of both /in a silent way/ and stravinskij, the voices of the four instrumentalists overlap both melodically and rhythmically. |
usa, 1922, 78 min.
robert flaherty_direction, screenplay, photography, editing
max de aloe_chromatic harmonica, bass chromatic harmonica, fender rhodes, accordion, piano, sampler, effects
simon quinn_double bass, piano, sampler
brian quinn_drums, vibraphone, percussion
featuring kurt rosenwinkel_electric guitar, effects
the original soundtrack to the first documentary in the history of film was composed in 2007 and performed today with renowned musicians max de aloe and kurt rosenwinkel. of great tonal variety and deliberately set as musical commentary to the image, its only pretension is to support or even increase the emotions triggered by the extraordinary shots. resulting is a sequence of themes with almost caption-like function, precisely organised in an over-all structure illustrating the one given by flaherty to the film. many performances are held in both concert and cinematic settings.
video clips: nanook 01, nanook 02, nanook 03
tech rider
press pictures: /nanook of the north/, max, simon, brian
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cd, 2009, a production of /q3_a musicians' collective/.
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michael neff_trumpet, flugelhorn 
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ordering from switzerland? e-mail us your order and pay by credit slip!
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one-inch button, design by brian quinn chf 5.- + shipping & handling |
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design by brian quinn photography by pablo gianinazzi chf 1.80 + shipping & handling |
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to match with cd a/o postcard design by brian quinn chf 1.10 + shipping & handling |
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dvd, 2007, /altrisuoni/ as9025 |
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01_freedom jazz dance_eddie harris
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nolan quinn_trumpet, fender rhodes, sampler
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| video production by stefano knuchel and gionata zanetta for /nenieritmiche productions/. features 125 x 140 mm illustrated calendar. | |
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cd, 2005, /altrisuoni/ as195 |
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nolan quinn_trumpet, fender rhodes co-produced by |
