Quetzal

The Quetzal: Once a holy bird, now threatened with extinction. The beauty and absurdity of our daily life are  inspiration, QUETZAL is our vehicule and the human voice  the perfect instrument to transfer listeners into a daydream. Its sincerity and pureness can hardly be topped and reveals us instantly all human feelings.

Our daily embarassment, confusion, blindness and dissilusion, as well as our enthusiasm, clarity, beauty und softness can be heard. Lyrics are avoided to let dream every listeners own dream. Influences from traditional music which may not be ours, are treated with conscious naivety and thus made to our own.

Line-Up:

Lukas Mantel, Drums/Composition

Veronika Stalder, Vocals

Nina Gutknecht, Vocals

Urs Müller, Guitar

Simon Iten , Bass

concerts:

6.9.10 Kofmehl, Solothurn

5.10.10 Kugl, St. Gallen

17.10.11 ZKB-Jazzpreis, Moods ZH

DI. 7.12.10 JAZZ AM WALDSEE, FREIBURG I.B.

FR.10.12.10, 20H ESSE BAR, WINTERTHUR

SA 11.12.10, 20H THEATRE DE POCHE, BIEL

MO 31.1.2011, 20H ISEBÄHNLI BADEN QUETZAL

FR. 14.1.2011 JAZZY JAMS, PURA TI

SA. 22.1.2011 JAZZLAKE, WÄDENSWIL

FR. 4.2.2011 KULTURSCHEUNE, LIESTAL

FR. 11.2.2011 BEJAZZ, BERN

SA. 12.2.2011 CENTRE CULTURE ET LOISIR, ST. IMIER

FR 20.05.11 Finale ZKB-JAZZPREIS, MOODS ZÜRICH, 20:00

FR. 25.11.11 Weisser Saal, Volkshaus  Zürich

DI./MI. 29.&30.11.11 Birds Eye, Basel