Sebastián Cruz Quartet | New Colombian Songwriting
Sebastian Cruz, a trailblazer in new Colombian music, blends traditional rhythms with rock and jazz elements. His latest project, the Sebastian Cruz Quartet, showcases this fusion with their debut “El Prisma,” exemplifying his innovative and eclectic musical style.
7:30PM to 8:30PM (First Set)
9:30PM to 10:30PM (Second Set)
Admission: $20: Cover charge Mezzanine.
Featuring:
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Sebastián Cruz – voice, guitar, compositions
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Alejandro Flórez – guitar, live electronics
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Manu Koch – keyboards
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Michael W. Davis – drums
About Sebastián Cruz Quartet:
New Colombian songwriting inspired by ancient grooves, featuring electric improvisation.
The Sebastián Cruz Quartet is the culmination of bandleader Sebastián Cruz’s lifelong search for an organic convergence of his eclectic passions: Colombian tradition, electric texture, improvisation, and songwriting. After two albums built around a rotating cast of guest vocalists, this new phase marks Cruz’s arrival as a singer in his own right. Their debut single, the three-song El Prisma (2023), captures the Quartet’s raw, urban, and virtuosic sound, one critic called it among the most interesting sets at the festival where they premiered it.
About Sebastián Cruz:
Sebastián Cruz is a Colombian singer-songwriter and guitarist, a leading voice in the new Colombian music movement since settling in New York in 1997. His sound moves between tradition and experimentation, marked by rhythmic ingenuity and lyrical depth. He draws from folkloric icons like Peregoyo and El Burro Mocho, as well as modern masters like Bill Frisell and Marc Ribot.
Cruz got his start in Bogotá’s 1990s rock scene, performing at major venues and the first editions of Rock al Parque, Latin America’s largest free rock festival, with bands El Zut and Los del Centro. In New York, he has collaborated with Lucía Pulido, La Cumbiamba eNeYé, Los Aliens, and his own groups Coba and The Cheap Landscape Trio. Today, he leads the Sebastián Cruz Quartet, his most personal project yet, stepping forward as a vocalist for the first time.