Adrian Reiter Quartet Pick Up - Dmchr71063 - Jazz - by Double Moon

When four young men around 30 meet, who have each already played with many big names, including international ones, a very solid band can develop in a short time. But the Adrian Reiter Quartet is not only solid, but also has optimum enthusiasm and imagination, so that you can really get dizzy listening to them. The leader spent a few years in New York to pursue studies under Mike Stern, Jack Wilkins and Vic Juris, among others, at New School. The result sounds “as if Wes Montgomery and John Scofield had done something together“ according to the program of the renowned Palatia Jazz Festival, where Reiter had the unique chance to present his CD before Curtis Stigers to a large audience. But Reiter’s guitar playing goes beyond these legends and has found its own language. This can be detected not only in the fact that all pieces on the CD were composed by him. Ballads, groovy funk tunes and daring up-tempo pieces alternate and do not allow one second of boredom. Jan Eschke on piano and Fender Rhodes plays alongside Jan Eschke. He is from Aachen, studied in Munich and has shared stage and studio with big names such as Joseph Bowie, Charly Mariano, John Hollenbeck, Johannes Ender and many others. Peter Cudek - the youngster of the band, studied at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich under Paulo Cardoso and has worked with Jeff Gardner and Harry Sokal, among others, and regularly with Klaus Ignatzek too. The drummer Guido May on the other hand is the oldest (born 1968) and certainly the most well-known member of the band too. His international experience includes performances and recordings with Chico Freeman, Pee Wee Ellis, Claudio Roditi, Bobby Shew and Johnny Griffin, among others. The result of this mixture of youthful freshness and the great amount of experience in spite of their ages is energy-charged, up-to-date jazz at the highest level!