The Darius Brubeck Quartet

Darius Brubeck, though he pays extensive tribute to his father’s compositions, is a different musician, an ethnomusicologist and emeritus professor. Since living in England, he has toured regularly with the same band – Matt Ridley (bass), Wesley Gibbens (drums) and the elegant Dave O’Higgins on tenor. This highly accomplished, super-relaxed quartet present a well-designed set notable for its varied time signatures and rhythmic variety which makes appealing listening, in a groove, neither stilted nor pretentious.