NEW SPIRITUAL JAZZ POSITIVE MUSIC AVANTGARDE POP
MARC MÉAN - PIANO & SYNTH
SIMON SPIESS - SAXOPHONE
JONAS RUTHER - DRUMS
About
Quiet Tree is a Swiss trio consisting of Simon Spiess (saxophone / reeds), Jonas Ruther (drums) and Marc Méan (piano & synths). Their music is rooted in the rich, mercurial soil of this thing we tend to call jazz. Unpacking the tree metaphor a bit further: the crown of this elegant being reaches for, and opens up into, the sprawling cosmic dimensions of the unsound, all types of potential sonic after-futures and echoes of worlds beyond! The band describes their music as an 80s-pop-type sort of warmth, but with a space-jazz approach lifted and transported back somewhere around the year 2040. The project’s key focus is working with the song-form. Every member is responsible for submitting compositions and every piece that makes the final cut, gets a mild improv-based facelift every time it gets played. Their manifesto reads: To tell rich stories using sound, capture colour and energy with melodies. Make sure to leave ample space for every instrument to breathe! Everything is possible as long as it expresses a core unity. Transpose the awareness of space to listeners, because you can never go wrong with making extra space for others.”
Concerts
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21.08.25 “Tutl Store” Tórshavn, Faroe Island
21.08.25
“Blábar” Tórshavn, Faroe Island
23.08.25
“Kaffi Gola” Hvalsnes, Iceland
24.04.25
“Tónspil” Norðfjörður, Iceland
25.08.25
„Te House“ Egilsstaðir, Iceland
27.08.25
„Edingborgarhúsið“ Ísafjörður, Iceland
28.08.25
Reykjavík Jazzfestival „Fríkirkjan“ Reykjavík, Iceland
27.09.25
“Festival del Parco di Monza” Monza, Italy
28.09.25
“Festival del Parco di Monza” Monza, Italy
05.12.25
“Donau115” Berlin, Germany
06.12.25
“White Cube”Hamburg, Germany
19.12.25
“the bird’s eye jazz club” Basel, Switzerland
20.12.25
“the bird’s eye jazz club” Basel, Switzerland
Video
“Grieving Was Yesterday”
“live at Moods Zürich”
“Light Light Light”
“neu!”
”Bleu Foncé”
“Hiroki”
“Eraser”
SOUND
“a music-poetry, simple and touching in its elements, but intense in its construction, interwoven and unfathomable.”
- Luise Wold
Euphorbia (Intakt Records)
Bleu Foncé (EP)
Sunday Session (EP)
CONTACT
booking{at}simonspiess.com