WHAT
THE PRESS IS SAYING:
"a
free-playing jam, it's like a savory dish
of musical gumbo-swinging sound of horns,
piano, bass and drums, along with the cool-cat
musicality."
- DESERET NEWS,
UT
"the
orchestra is the only major performing jazz
institution in post-Katrina New Orleans and
has become the most prominent representative
of jazz culture in the Big Easy"
- METROMODE, DETROIT
"above
all, these guys are about playing New Orleans
jazz with blistering Creole fire, a kind
of unrestrained fun and virtuosity that was
memorably captured in the song ³Somebody
Forgot To Turn the Faucet Off."
- OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
"..in
his early 30's, Irvin Mayfield has emerged
not only as a leading voice of the Crescent
City's modern jazz tradition but also a cultural
warrior of the first rank who has taken a
leadership role in rebuilding the city after
Hurricane Katrina..."
- DETROIT FREE PRESS
"not even Wynton
blows so much emotion into a horn"
– NEW YORK PRESS |
