A man with a beard wearing a red hat playing a trumpet against a brick wall.
A man with a beard wearing a red hat playing a trumpet against a brick wall.

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An adept composer with an ear for melody…A NEW GENERATION OF FEARLESS IMPROVISERS…A BOLD NEW FUTURE FOR JAZZ AND IMPROVISED MUSIC…TROY COLLINS, All About Jazz

trombonist Brian Drye…wails like nobody’s business…Grammy® and Tony® Award-winning singer and actor Lea Salonga, The Philippine Daily Inquirer

…hair-raisingly fantastic trombone acrobatics by Brian Drye…Sara Holdren, Vulture magazine

One of the best introductions to a new band, and a pretty new aesthetic…Ben Ratliff, NY Times

[Brian Drye’s] boisterous slush meshes perfectly with Knuffke’s sharp classical technique; contrasts elegantly with the gritty, ringing indie-rock textures of Goldberger’s guitar and Smith’s animalist but melodic attention to the beat. Clifford Allen, Ni Kantu

Powerful brass sounds with the raw aesthetics of art rock...a deconstructed quartet of talented musicians brought together by innovation and merry prankster energy. Daniel Lehner, All About Jazz

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