Jayme Catsouphes' Amazing Podcast

In 2008, double bassist and founder of the Musical Art Quintet, Sascha Jacobsen regularly attended the Sunday night chamber music jams at Cafe Revolution. But after his umpteenth time through Dvorak’s Opus 77, String quartet No. 2 in G major – one of the few chamber music standards that includes double bass – he realized that if he wanted to play something else, he’d have to write it himself. Now, after 3 years of experimentation, composition, and revision, Jacobsen presents Nuevo Chamber – an innovative collection of new chamber music that draws on unique musical traditions like tango, Afro-Cuban jazz and electronica to create songs that are complex, compelling, and universally appealing. KALW’s Jayme Catsouphes brings us this Bay Area Beats profile of the Musical Art Quintet. SASHA JACOBSEN: The Musical Art Quintet formed at Café Revolution during the Classical Revolution jam sessions that are held every Monday night. When we first founded Classical Revolution, the idea was to have a weekly classical jam