Josh Nelson “Get on the ground level, and invest in this guy now; with music like this, he's going to the penthouse.”
speak “A debut rocket ride of outstanding quality from the Seattle quintet”
Clarence Penn “...gesture and space surging from a place of heart-felt and fluid integrity...Penn exudes such enthusiasm and love for the music--it is simply impossible not to feel uplifted.”
Hal Galper “Hal Galper excels in his highly dramatic improvisations as a soloist... He plays wild capers; sudden flashes of brilliance tumbling over each other temperamentally, individual phrases sparkle effortlessly away; he changes with suspensefully loaded chord sequences, capricious, whimsical arabesques, tempo changes, pauses and stormy runs that suddenly descend over the music.”
Philip Dizack “[one of twenty-five] Trumpet Players for the Future.”
Dawn Clement “Clear, assured, nimble, and muscular articulation - in the manner of a Phineas Newborn Jr. - is matched to some of the varieties of thought and feeling that he, too, submerged just below the surface of fresh styling.”
Pamela York “It should be noted that like Lester Young, Bill Evans, and other of the more lyrical players, Pamela York plays each melody with a singer's grace and vibrancy. She plays music rather than technique.”
Xose Miguélez “Xose Miguélez' creativity, his sensibility, his openness, and his fearlessness have been a constant source of joy for me. He has a flawless sense of melody and storytelling, and his sound is beautiful and conveys a vast range of feelings and emotions - rare thing these days...”
Dan Cray “Like a poet or a painter who searches constantly for new ways to express himself without losing his core focus...”
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