The inception of the Quintet started with my desire to perform the mostly forgotten music written by trumpeter Kenny Dorham for the quintet he co-led with saxophonist Joe Henderson in the mid-1960s. These compositions, while within the hard bop genre, are not exactly of it. They are different—dark, soulful, sophisticated, highly arranged, and with ingenious motifs and rhythmic devices that make each one of them a distinctive road map for improvisation. (Our video of Dorham's composition "São Paulo" is a good example of this.) Dorham’s neglected masterpieces form the core of the group’s repertoire and concept, complimented by additional compositions by Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Mobley, Walter Bishop Jr., Billy Harper, and others.
The members of the quintet love this music and this group as much as I do and are equally dedicated to it, often traveling long distances or turning down more lucrative gigs in order to play together.
Bill Mobley, trumpet
Dave Riekenberg, tenor saxophone
Cecilia Coleman, piano
Matt Clohsey, bass
Chuck Braman, drums
Alternates:
Richie Vitale, Don Sickler, David Smith, trumpet
Tom Christensen, Rich Perry, saxophone
Sarah Jane Cion, Gary Versace, piano
Noriko Ueda, Paul Gill, Evan Gregor, Thomson Kneeland, bass
Back Road
Brown’s Town
Escapade
La Mesha
Night Watch
An Oscar for Oscar
Pedro’s Time
Sao Paulo
Short Story
Sunrise In Mexico
Sunset
Una Mas
Whistle Stop
If
In ‘N Out
Jinriksha
Mamacita
Our Thing
Punjab
Serenity
Step Lightly
Teeter Tooter
Hornin’ In
Locomotive
Sixteen
The Moontrane
Theme For Maxine
Coral Keys (Walter Bishop Jr.)
Crocket Ballet (Billy Harper)
Joshua (Victor Feldman)
Lost (Wayne Shorter)
Pat ‘n Chat (Hank Mobley)
Rio (Wayne Shorter)
Scene (Tom Harrell)
Sky Dive (Freddie Hubbard)
The Black Angel (Kenny Barron)
Waiting For Chet (Hal Galper)
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