sebastián cruz quartet
Sebastián Cruz Quartet features original songs, Colombian rhythms, and creative improvisation propelled by an electric quartet.
Featuring world-class improvisers Alejandro Flórez (Tin Throat, Tibaguí, Rebolú, Diego Obregón) on guitar and computer Stomu Takeishi (Henry Threadgill, Cuong Vu, Tronzo Trio, Myra Melford) on bass, and Michael W. Davis (Wayne Krantz, Joshua Redman, Jason Moran, Dave Liebman, the Guggenheim Grotto, the Broadcast) on drums, alongside Sebastian Cruz’ guitar (Coba, Lucia Pulido ensemble, La Cumbiamba eNeYé) Sebastián Cruz Quartet is both Colombian and universal and is as much about sensitive songwriting as it is about in-the-moment spontaneous creative improvisation and interaction.
Sebastian Cruz Quartet’s 1st EP is Vol. 1, El Prisma. Available on all platforms.
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sebastian cruz and the cheap landscape trio
“Sebastian Cruz and the Cheap Landscape Trio is an imaginative and playful concoction of Colombian influences and urban electricity.” Jim Shulstad, Jazzreview.com
The Cheap Landscape is an Afro-Colombian-Creative Music trio with a Punk-Rock spirit. Inspired not only by Colombian traditional music but by Colombian culture as a whole, the Cheap Landscape Trio explores different aspects of what it means to be Colombian through the electricity of a power trio in NY.
Sebastian Cruz and the Cheap Landscape has just released their second album “El Tigre”
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Sebastian Cruz Solo
A song/sound exploration featuring Sebastian’s songwriting along with the use of loops, prepared guitars, and extended techniques for guitar
Coba
“Coba blends Colombian root musics into an energetic jazz-rock stew.” The Village Voice.
Coba is the precursor to Sebastian Cruz Quartet before Sebastian decided to become a singer. It was a multi-sized ensemble (from “cobita” to a large band) that presented Cruz’s songwriting and featured a number of amazing singers on its two album releases.
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Sebastian Cruz, Songs for Tiny Giants
Sebastian’s children’s music project!