Polarity Quintet

The 48th Annual International Trumpet Guild Conference
Anaheim, CA

Dan Rosenboom’s Polarity  Quintet

Recital

Dan Rosenboom – Trumpets/Compositions
Gavin Templeton – Saxophones
John Escreet – Piano/Keyboards
Richard Lloyd Giddens Jr. – Bass
Damion Reid – Drums
Iconoclastic Los Angeles trumpeter, composer, and entrepreneur Dan Rosenboom has been pushing creative boundaries with his music for nearly two decades. After many projects with unusual instrumentation and cross-genre pollination,  Rosenboom turns his attention to the classic jazz quintet formation with his new Polarity Quintet. Featuring some of the West Coast’s premiere improvisers, including Gavin Templeton (saxophones), John Escreet (piano/keyboards), Billy Mohler (bass), and Damion Reid (drums), this quintet performs Rosenboom’s dynamic original compositions with spectacular virtuosity and broad aesthetic vision. Their debut album Polarity was dubbed “a jewel of intensely played music and interactive creativity performed with openness and edginess in the company of a top-notch quintet” by JazzTrail, and was one of DownBeat Magazine’s “Best of 2023” releases. 

★★★½ “Polarity is a jewel of intensely played music and interactive creativity performed with openness and edginess in the company of a top-notch quintet.” JazzTrail

★★★★ “Rosenboom deftly transplants some of the indelible verities of the second Miles Davis Quintet, particularly his penchant for floating, ambiguous melodies and haunting harmony, within a thoroughly contemporary rhythmic conception.” –DownBeat Magazine

★★★★ “A performance which gushes with energy and dexterous playing by all involved… An inspired session from a trumpeter whose voice seems to become more idiosyncratic with every release.” –All About Jazz

With a mix of ferocity and intrigue, Rosenboom and his ensemble deliver scintillating creative music where each one of these musicians shines.” –Making A Scene

Dan Rosenboom finds a powerful conduit for his creative ideas in Templeton, Escreet, Mohler and Reid, enabling him to fulfill the promise of all of his compositions with the uncompromising Polarity.” –SomethingElse Reviews

The rest [Polarity] presents six fine-crafted Rosenboom compositions that find the leader’s technical poise matching the band’s empathy and drive… combines the focus of the classically trained with the expressive power of left-field jazz… this band lets his poised musicianship and edge-of-seat improv flourish.” –Jazzwise Magazine

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