Arte Quartett

ARTE Quartett is a saxophone quartet of Beat Hofstetter (soprano), Sascha Armbruster (alto), Andrea Formenti (tenor) and Beat Kappeler (baritone), working between contemporary composition and free improvisation. On Assassin Reverie for New World Records, it plays Terry Riley's Uncle Jard and the title piece with Riley on voice and keyboards. The quartet has also recorded with Pierre Favre and Michel Godard and with Fred Frith for Intakt.