Arthur Kell - bass
Brad Shepik - guitar
Nate Radley - guitar
Allan Mednard - drums
The Arthur Kell Speculation Quartet -- recently back from a very successful, 17-day tour in Europe -- presents music from their most recent recording, Live at LunÀtico.
"Arthur Kell again proves his innovative skills as a bandleader. Intense musical conversations, which are driven from one climax to the next...highlight the quartet's intense, lucid and tight musical interplay. Musically covering a broad spectrum, the original compositions are swinging back and forth between Brazil and the Arabic world. The musical coherence is impressive." - Jazz'N'More Magazine (Five Stars, Jan/Feb 2024)
Arthur Kell (bassist, composer), has worked for: Thomas Chapin, Matt Darriau, Kálmán Oláh, Guillermo Klein, Steve Cardenas, Paul Bollenback, Eri Yamamoto, Bruce Barth, Sam Newsome, Quintan Ana Wikso, Saul Rubin, Roy Nathanson, Claire Daly, Richard Julian, Philip Johnston, Denman Maroney, Shelley Hirsch, Danny Walsh and many others. He has recorded alongside Bernard Purdie and Matt Wilson, and appears on Valerie June’s album, “The Order of Time,” and the documentary of Thomas Chapin’s life: “Night Bird Song.”
As a composer with his own quartet, Arthur has played and toured extensively — performing at the Jazz Standard, Smalls, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Madrid Jazz Festival, and a national broadcast for Deutschlandfunk radio in Germany. He has released five recordings of original music on the Origin Arts, Fresh Sound Records and Brooklyn Jazz Underground labels.
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