"sleight of Hand"

Let's say you are at a dinner party and are invited to perform a trick. You have no apparatus on you, nothing prepared. In an absent manner, you place a glass of sherry to your lips, as though bracing yourself for the fray.

This New York-based unit have developed a near telepathic relationship playing together since 2006 and has developed an individual language and a unique approach to playing jazz standards. Having recorded dozens of albums of original music (each of the members are notable composers & bandleaders) the NYSQ embraces the freedom of performing music based on a simpler, standard jazz repertoire, focusing in particular on the songs that they grew up with.

Eine junge Hamburger Band mit ihrem frischen Stil von Improvisation – angereichert mit Gewürzen der 40er+50er Jahre und mit Einflüssen der Indieszene und des HipHop.