PRESS QUOTES...

"...one of the most consistently musical and compelling of the new free-jazz players." - Boston Phoenix

"Brown is one of the hardest hitting alto players currently on the scene...a fiercely original voice... he knows how to translate his assets into recordings that are as engrossing on the fifth or sixth listen as the first." - JazzTimes

"...one of the most talented musicians playing in the avant-gard." - The New York Times

"It's hard to think of another jazz player who's emerged in the last two decades who can cover so much territory so effortlessly: he's just as commanding playing swinging bebop over a walking bassline as he is furiously spitting motivic variations in a totally free context." - Chicago Reader

"One of the most promising young alto players in the current crop of avant players." - IN Pittsburgh

"Brown is a beautiful screamer when he turns up the heat but he can also turn the heat down, captivate listeners with his soulful sense of reserve and set up a guessing game." - Detroit Metrotimes

"Rob Brown is an exciting alto saxophonist whose polished tone and passionate style gracefully encompass the rigors of both hard bop and avant-gard." - WIRED

 

"An alto saxophonist of astonishing virtuosity, Rob Brown possesses a rare mastery of the instrument's tonal colors." - Alternative Press

"...among the most talented and original alto players to take the stage..." - Option

"Both acerbic and ambitious, Rob Brown's mercurial alto solos are often powered by a sense of mystery; he not only deciphers puzzles, he creates them." - Village Voice

"...amazing altoist...Scratching The Surface is brimstone from the Real School." - The Wire

"Brown is definitely one of the best contemporary saxophonist relating the influence of Charlie Parker to outside jazz..." - Jazz Now

"...Brown's work throughout constitutes this set's high points." - Cadence

"...he's one of the best composers within this camp of New York musicians." - The New York Times

"...my choice for reliably conceived improvisational brilliance." - ALLABOUTJAZZ.COM

"...that rare article, authentic cutting-edge jazz." - HI-FI News & Record Review

 

 

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