![]() The record business had been radically altered from the days when imprints such as Motown, Blue Note and, locally, Twin/Tone were synonymous with entire subgenres of music, conjuring a vivid catalog greater than the sum of its individual artists. 10 June 2015.A dozen or so Twin Cities jazz musicians were brainstorming ways to increase their visibility when guitarist Zacc Harris first broached the idea of a small, resourceful, artist-driven record label. "4 Musicians/ensembles and 4 Composers Win 2015 McKnight Fellowships." Artscape. "Atlantis Quartet Expands Musical Vision on New CD." State of the Arts. "Atlantis Quartet: Animal Progress." City Pages, 20 Jan. "Jazz Reviews: Animal Progress Atlantis Quartet." JazzTimes, 1 June 2010. "Atlantis Quartet: Again, Too Soon." All About Jazz. "Four on the floor - With each member contributing songs, the freewheeling Atlantis Quartet is firing on all cylinders." Star Tribune: 28 Oct. "Zacc Harris of the Atlantis Quartet on Jazz, Leaving Wiggle Room, and the Future of the Clown Lounge." Twin Cities Daily Planet, 04 Feb. "Atlantis Quartet Recording Live At Icehouse." Secrets of the City, 24 Nov. "Jazz Guitarist Zacc Harris Blends Tradition and Novelty on 'The Garden'" MPR News. "Homecoming: Zacc Harris Returns to Southern Illinois with Atlantis Quartet." The Southern, 14 Feb. Lines in the Sand (2011) recorded live at the Artists' Quarter.x (Shifting Paradigm, 2016) digital-only release of complete recordings 2006-2016.Minnesota Emerging Composers Award, 2010 (Pete Hennig) Discography McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians, 2015 Ĭity Pages, Best Jazz Artist in Minnesota, 2011Ĭity Pages, Top 10 Minnesota Albums, 2011 ![]() On Atlantis Quartet's debut album, Again, Too Soon, All About Jazz reported that they "create an aura of musical textures that sound as fresh and relevant as they did in Miles Davis' heyday" and while "they're all talented songwriters, attacking their compositions with utmost earnestness.they sound as if they're just having fun." In a review of their second album, Animal Progress, JazzTimes critic Bill Milkowski called the Atlantis Quartet "modern jazz renegades" who "shift nimbly from a punk-jazz aesthetic to ECM-ish sensitivity." Regarding the same album, City Pages writer Rick Mason described "a signature Atlantis sound that taps historic elements like swing, bop, and free jazz while referencing contemporary bits of funk, rock, and world music, then rolls it all into a cohesive bundle of kinetic energy with the visceral allure of intense fireworks and the intellectual challenge of multilayered complexity." Of their fourth album, Expansion, MPR's David Cazares wrote that they "deliver rapid-fire licks in complex rhythms and changing tempos, much like the best jazz-rock ensembles of the 1970s." Awards Although their records have focused on original compositions by all four members, from 2008 to 2011 the quartet performed annual Halloween shows in which they interpreted other artists' albums, including The Bridge, Head Hunters, A Love Supreme, and Houses of the Holy. The group recorded a live performance at Icehouse in Minneapolis on Novemfor a planned future release. Atlantis Quartet self-released three albums, followed by two more on the Shifting Paradigm record label. ![]() Bar, Puppets Jazz Bar, and Miles Cafe) in New York City in 2011. They performed regularly at the Artists' Quarter and Clown Lounge, toured throughout the midwest (including gigs at The Jazz Showcase and The Dakota), and performed at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, the Iowa City Jazz Festival, as well as three clubs (L.I.C. After working briefly as a quintet with a pianist, the group solidified their lineup with reed player Brandon Wozniak and bassist Chris Bates (who replaced Travis Schilling in 2008). The Atlantis Quartet was formed in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, after guitarist Zacc Harris moved from Southern Illinois to Minneapolis in 2005 and met drummer Pete Hennnig while playing in an R&B band led by John Starkey.
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