Reviews
Jazzman Magazine
4 stars | November, 2006 | read English translation
English Translation:
In the line of american saxophonists, who have surmounted post-coltranian complexities, in order to fully assume the heritage they must with regard to funk and soul music, one can line up names such as Dave Sanborn, Kenny Garret or Chris Potter. It's necessary from this day forward to add to this list the name of this new talent from the New York style scene, who with his first album, enters by the front door with a very american jazz. But the person whom this person is closest to is Joshua Redman, for whom he has, moreover, already composed in the past (Nine Lives), and of which the Elastic Band is an evident influence. The saxophonist uses a "straight" passage far from anything cerebral, which inclines into a sure groove outside the ordinary, and of which the funky spirit is in every respect meaningful, almost dancing, always irresistable. (Last Minute) A powerful passage with a clean and incisive phrase, with some chorus, using a lyricism incandescent with energy, (Summer Light) but always under control, sustained by the rhythmic pulse of Eric Harland and with Reuben Rogers. Mike Moreno comes in on three titles.
