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San Francisco Bay area based jazz guitarist Terrence Brewer is back with a new album, a new band, and a fresh sound! QuintEssential, produced by Strong Brew Music, is the highly anticipated follow up to Brewer s debut records, The Calling: Volume One and Volume Two (April 2006). QuintEssential returns Ben Stolorow (piano), Ravi Abcarian (acoustic bass), and Micah McClain (drums) from The Calling: Volume One and adds, Berkelee School of music alum and Bay area resident, Kasey Knudsen on saxophones. Ranging from hard driving swing to soulful backbeat grooves to infectious Afro-Cuban textures, QuintEssential features nine of Brewer s original compositions. QuintEssential was recorded, mixed, and mastered at the world famous Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA by chief sound Engineer Stephen Hart. Hart is most notably known in the jazz world for recording McCoy Tyner, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Branford Marsalis, Flora and Airto, just to name a few. Recorded in June of 2007, QuintEssential is a rare treasure as it is one of the last recordings at Fantasy Studios, which closed their doors in September 2007 after almost 40 years of recording history. Brewer has a natural, inviting sound that instantly transports you back to the heyday of classic jazz guitar... writes David Rubien (San Francisco Chronicle feature, March 20, 2007). "(Brewer is) A naturally gifted player with a beautiful, warm tone and a melodic penchant, his playing is eminently pleasing..." penned Bill Milkowski (Jazz Times May 2007). Brewer s playing has been hailed as, powerful , smooth , beautiful , mature , and graceful and The Calling: Volume One and Volume Two albums have been referred to as, seductive , sensuous , and gorgeous . Andy Gilbert (Contra Costa Times) remarks, Over the past decade, Brewer has established himself as an accomplished improviser with an exquisite tone. His (Brewer) sound is marked by a balance and maturity... while the San Francisco Chronicle included Brewer in a short list of whom to stalk in Bay Area jazz in 2007.