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Quarterpounder: brood

Read "brood" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Quarterpounder, led by Copenhagen-based bassist and composer-in-chief Mathias Wedeken, has an affinity with vinyl. The band's first release avoided the CD racks altogether. Its second album, brood, does the same, appearing as a beautifully-packaged 12" vinyl album, complete with a striking cover design and an accompanying download. It's a classy product all round. brood features the same line-up as the band's debut, becoming (Gateway Music, 2011). It's a tight, intuitive, quartet: the trombone and tenor sax front-line gives ...

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Quarterpounder: becoming

Read "becoming" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Bassist/writer Mathias Wedeken founded Quarterpounder in 2011. Based in Copenhagen, one of Europe's leading jazz centers, with an impressive range of studios and sound engineers, the band is notable for its front line of trombone and tenor saxophone, a combination that leads to some delightful harmonic partnerships underpinned by tight, tough, bass and drums. becoming is Quarterpounder's debut release and features eight tunes written by Wedeken.The bassist's fellow musicians form a hard-hitting and high-energy trio, well-suited to the ...

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Gateway Music
2013

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Gateway Music
2012

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