2009-04-01
Downbeat - Feature
Weiss wrote the new album’s title track, a catchy, loping and twisting tune that was funded by a grant from Chamber Music America. read more
2009-03-04
NPR by Josh Jackson - Review
Its sound is part of that hard bop tradition, but it's also part New York hustle and part writer's workshop, all of it redolent with the aroma of newness. read more
2009-02-26
Playback Magazine by Bill Milkowski - Review
The Turning Gate, the ensemble’s third album, is another intelligent post-modern gem that swings effortlessly as it incites with smart compositions, thoughtful arrangements, and dazzling solos. read more
2009-02-01
The Absolute Sound by Bill Milkoski - Review
The Turning Gate registers significant impact from the rhythm section while shining a light on individual soloists along the way. read more
2009-01-15
All About Jazz Best of 2008 Staff Picks
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2009-01-01
WRTI - Jeff Duperon's Picks for the Best New Jazz Releases of 2008
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2008-12-29
Something Else! by Pico - Review
one of the most consistently strong statements of modern jazz introduced in 2008. read more
2008-12-23
WBGO by Simon Rentner - Performance review
Once the set was finished, nothing was left unspoken. Now that’s music. read more
2008-12-22
All About Jazz by RJ DeLuke - Feature
The band members write straight though the American jazz tradition and continually come up with fresh, interesting choices that make compelling compositions. read more
2008-12-21
All About Jazz by Greg Campire - Review
the NJCO balances cohesion and freedom to create a listening experience that is always satisfying and often transcendent. read more
2008-12-21
Jazz.com by S. Victor Aaron - Review of Bad Alchemy
It was undoubtedly challenging enough to interpret this composition straight, but the group wasn't satisfied with doing merely that. read more
2008-12-20
Something Else! Best of 2008
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2008-11-01
JazzWise by Tony Hall - Review
The five horns sound more like fifteen at times, with an astonishing breadth and depth and warmth. read more
2008-11-01
All About Jazz by Laurel Gross - Review
Weiss has big and excellent ears--not just in terms of his own playing and composing but in providing an outlet for some of the best talent available in this town or anywhere. read more
2008-11-01
About.com by Jacob Teichroew - Review
Saxophonists Jimmy Greene and Norbert Stachel, trombonist Steve Davis, and drummer Nasheet Waits fuel the pieces with stylistic prowess and spirited solos. read more
2008-10-21
The Hartford Courant by Richard Kamins - Review
NJCO works in a style that may remind some of Art Blakey or Charles Mingus; the songs have the power and drive of the former and the complex arrangements and melodic inquisitiveness of the latter read more
2008-10-13
Midwest Record - Review
It’s loaded with the delightfully mad kind of jazz that shows the form is alive and well, looking forward with all deliberate speed. read more
2008-10-07
All About Jazz by Laurel Gross - Review
Here’s a group that listens to each other and fully respects each other’s intentions and personalities; no grandstanding, no stepping on each other’s toes or aims. read more
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