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The Dave Sterner Quintet came together in the spring of 2003 and performs a wide range of musical styles. On their debut CD, “What’s What”, the group is heard composing its own original music and reinterpreting classic charts in a more modern style. In 2007, the group received “The Best Jazz Band” music award from the Cleveland FREE TIMES Magazine. The quintet consists of an alto and tenor saxophone on the front line, and a traditional piano, bass, and drum rhythm section.
Sidetracked (Speak Jazz Records, 2011) is the group’s second quintet release featuring all original material inspired by the traditions of Cannonball Adderley and Horace Silver mixed with the modern leanings of Joshua Redman and John Ellis. Sterner is joined on this recording and concert by veteran drummer Paul Samuels (Greg Osby), bassist Glenn Holmes (Bill Ransom), pianist Roger Friedman (Eddie Henderson, Greg Bandy) and tenor saxophonist Chris Burge (Up Ensemble, Jazz Heritage Orchestra).
Gear
- Mark VI alto saxophone, Frank Wells hard rubber mouthpiece with La Vos Mediums -Mark VI soprano saxophone, Selmer S-80 D mouthpiece, La Vos medium hard reeds
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The Dave Sterner Quintet: Sidetracked
by Matt Marshall
While this sophomore effort from saxophonist Dave Sterner and his quintet is something of an excursion, bulleting the boys out of their home base in Cleveland to romp in Southern musical locales like New Orleans and the Caribbean Islands, Sterner hardly sounds sidetracked. That is, his intentions seem clear, his hand steady at the wheel--no careless Casey Jones driving this train. Nevertheless, the pace is quick, jumping out of the gate with the bebop piece, “Mine--or Yours." “Where ...
read moreDave Sterner Quintet: What's What
by C. Andrew Hovan
A member of Ernie Krivda's Fat Tuesday Big Band, alto saxophonist David Sterner has been a committed jazz artist on the Cleveland, Ohio scene since the mid '90s. He's led the quartet heard on What's What for the past several years now, a fact that figures prominently in the development and preparation of the group's maiden voyage. Refreshing in its stance, which avoids the more iconic sounds of the bebop tradition, Sterner's influences come from a decidedly more soulful perspective. ...
read moreSpeak Jazz Presents the Dave Sterner Quintet, "Sidetracked"
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Michael Ricci
Introducing The Dave Sterner Quintets Speak Jazz Debut CD Sidetrack, featuring ten original compositions that showcase talented writing and stellar playing. The collection includes a variety of styles, from straight ahead jazz to funky groove tunes. Sidetracked lets you hear a fabulous improviser, band leader and composer, surrounded by imaginative veterans, in a setting they all obviously enjoy. Aside from his own quintet, Sterner has performed with David Sanborn, Phil Woods, Louis Bellson, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, and Tony Bennett ...
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“You get no sense of ego-driven sensibilities or weighty agendas, just good, clean fun.” -Willard Jenkins - The Independent Ear
“Sterner’s music is always accessible, energetic, logically constructed, rhythmically inviting, technically accomplished and fun to hear.” -Bill Donaldson Cadence Magazine Vol. 33 No.4 p.114 April 2007
