Vasilic Nenad “There's power in music of one's homeland. Somehow, it transcends all opinions, criticisms, language and cultural limitations. Vasilic Nenad and his Balkan Band give us an 'ear' view into his culture.”
David Weiss “Weiss writes tunes with evocative melodic ambivalence and veering surprises and hovering pedal points and metrical asymmetry, all qualities associated with the sensibility that Wayne Shorter brought to jazz. But Weiss does not repeat it, he expands upon it.”
Maddie Vogler “Saxophonist Maddie Vogler explores the small and sometimes complicated intricacies of everyday life with a youthful verve, aided and abetted by her mentor, trumpeter Tito Carrillo.”
Eddie Allen and PUSH “Allen makes musical choices that immediately draw you to his sphere: his compositions are loaded with what the London Observer calls crackle. ...the command of his instrument empowers him to explore places with a direct sense that takes the listener for quite a ride.”
Manzanita Quintet “...Epstein is making some pretty amazing statements rooted in world music and the avant-garde, but stretching even those parameters to create a contemporary modern sound all his own.”
Jim Norton “...one of the most satisfying and revelatory investigations into the music of Bill Evans since the pianist/composer's death...”
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