Quentin holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy), awarded with a "Deans Commendation", a Master of Music Degree (Jazz Performance) under the tutelage of jazz great John Abercrombie, awarded "Summa Cum Laude", and a Bachelor of Music Degree (Jazz Performance), awarded with "First Class Honours" from the Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide.
Now living in New York, he has produced two independently released albums, "Retrieval Structure" (2011) and "Perception" (2013). Since moving to New York, Quentin has formed his own band, "The Quentin Angus Quintet", which has now appeared at various shows and festivals worldwide. Other performances, tours and festival appearances have seen Quentin perform in the United States, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Europe and Turkey.
He has also been part of The Betty Carter Jazz Ahead residency at the Kennedy Center, Washington District of Columbia in 2011 and 2013.
Quentin is the author of three transcription books of Gilad Hekselman"s Improvisations from all of his albums. "Split-Life", "Words Unspoken" and "Hearts Wide Open", has been published by MelBay Publications, JazzHeaven, the NZMiC music journal, and has presented research papers on his transcriptions of Hekselman and John Abercrombie at music conferences in New Zealand and Australia.
He is the inaugural winner of the Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration Art Music Award for Excellence In Jazz in 2012. This has included appearances at Jazz Hoeilaart in Belgium and Europafest in Romania where they received the Directors award for "Most Popular Band". Quentin has received numerous awards and scholarships since he began studying and performing. These have included The Helpmann Academy"s Keith Michell Award in 2010, The first time a jazz musician had ever won the award. He has also won Downbeat Jazz Awards for "Jazz Soloist" (2012) and "Jazz Composition" (2011 and 2012).
