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Jazz Booty

by Brian Questa

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The Ballad 03:39
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The Blues 02:47
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Salt 02:59
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En Pointe 05:05

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Featuring Tony Malaby and Mary Halvorson. Before moving to Europe in 2014 to study with Wolfgang Rihm, I recorded this album with two of my favorite improvisers from the New York scene, where I was active as a double bassist for about 10 years.


"Questa is a New York based composer and bassist with a ear for experimental and avant-garde music, and with Jazz Booty he has created a really engaging album. Give this one a try, see where the improvised music will take you, and don't be shy about turning up the volume."
- Paul Acquaro, Free Jazz Blog

"Bassist Brian Questa’s taut trio with tenor
saxophonist Tony Malaby and Halvorson on Jazz Booty
runs ten four-to-five minute tracks of mournful poetic
kernels, partly written and carefully attenuated. Half
are powered by the leader’s gruff, forceful bowing and
Halvorson’s playing is oftener crystalline single-notes,
like classical Spanish guitar. “Kansas City Stomp”’s
hummable tune elicits Halvorson’s countrified quasiTal
Farlow picking and Malaby‘s cool lines; “The
Ballad”’s wistful teamwork evokes the exotic East;
“The Blues” tracks a gritty urban grind; and the final
“En Pointe”, with Halvorson strumming over the bass
and limning languid chords beneath the sax, speak to
unearthing buried treasure."

- Fred Bouchard, NYC Jazz Record

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released January 1, 2013

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Brian Questa Berlin, Germany

Brian Questa is an Irish-American composer, media artist, and multi-instrumentalist who works in sound, video, text, installation, and performance.

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