2x2: Galvao/Santiago/Landais/Enouf “...mixing South American sensuality with serpentine lines making a delightful amalgamation of flavors. A real winner.”
Gregg Keplinger “Keplinger, power personified, is captured here as never before. Better known as a guru, collector, designer, and purveyor of drums and cymbals than for his rare public performances, his fearless playing perfectly offsets Mandyck. He can be torrential, densely polyrhythmic, or the most challenging of accompanists. What he can't do is be the self-effacing routinier. Together, these two iconoclastic virtuosi open new territory, revealing a stormy, eerily beautiful musical world where they and their listeners seem remarkably at home.”
Greta Matassa “Purists might argue there will never be another Ella or Billie. These cats have obviously never heard Greta Matassa!”
Scott Hesse “Hesse is terrific: great ears and crazy chops. Comping, he's inventive, offering suggestive and unexpected colors, sometimes spidery, fingered chords; when he cuts loose, his lines can be thrilling.”
Anne Drummond “...(Drummond's) fine technique is imbued with spirit and imagination.”
John Wojciechowski “...technically accomplished, musically profound and harmonically daring”
Vincent Herring “His early experiences with Lionel Hampton and Nat Adderley gave Herring the grounding all superior musicians can only ever benefit from - in his case leading to his status as one of the most respected altoists extant.”
The H2 Big Band “Pulls out all the stops and is surely one of the most exhilarating big bands in recent history.”
Brian Monroney “...a particularly spectacular talent...”
Marc Seales “The ever-tasteful linear inventions of pianist Marc Seales were abetted magnificently as bassist Doug Miller grabbed an inspiration on the trio's special arrangement of Body & Soul and walked away with it - and the crowd.”
Josh Nelson “Get on the ground level, and invest in this guy now; with music like this, he's going to the penthouse.”
Don Lanphere “A piece of jazz history! Don Lanphere, I love everything you do and play!”
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