Album DescriptionThe Ed Neumeister Quartet:
Ed Neumeister (trombone)
Fritz Pauer (piano)
John Hollenbeck (drums & percussion)
Drew Gress (double bass).
The latest edition of the Ed Neumeister quartet, "New Standards" features four musicians who have a common understanding to improvised music. Each coming from slightly different backgrounds, but each with a firm grasp of the history of composed and improvised music with influences from around the world. They share a vision, which builds on the foundations of the past in order to move their music into the future. This group sets new standards for combining creative interaction with sometimes complicated, sometimes freer forms. New Standards:
Old Standards played with a new and creative spirit.
New Standards by other well-known modern musicians of the time.
New Standards composed by Ed Neumeister.
New Standards of creative freedom on complicated and or freer forms.
New Standards of creative interaction by four jazz improvisers who are all established composers in their own right. Truly an improvising composers ensemble of the highest degree.