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2012-01-16
Roots Music Report includes Convergence in its Top 100 Jazz Albums of 2011.
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2012-01-09
Convergence is listed in JazzPolice's Favorite CDs of 2011 for "ensemble recordings that deserve repeated listening."
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2012-01-04
JazzTimes listed Convergence as one of The Top 50 Releases of 2011
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2011-12-30
Examiner includes Convergence in Four And More: Continuing To Count The Year's Best Jazz CDs.
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2011-12-06
Convergence is listed in The 10 Best Jazz Releases and "Dance of The Rain" makes The 10 Best New Songs of The Year in Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes Best of 2011.
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2011-12-06
The Prague Post previews Lynne's performance at the International Solo Jazz Piano Festival
"Arriale may be the highlight of this year's festival." read more

2011-07-26
All About Jazz Italia
Convergence is reviewed in All About Jazz Italia. read more

2011-07-13
Lynn Arrialle- Convergence
UK's The List rates Convergence 4/5 stars and says the album contains, "intriguing compositions and inventive pop reworkings." read more

2011-04-28
Jazz Times - Jeff Tamarkin profiles Lynne Arriale
Jeff Tamarkin calls Convergence, "the jewel of [Arriale's] catalog, the place where all of Arriale's gifts congregate." read more

2011-03-16
WNYC Gig Alert
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2011-03-01
JazzTimes Review by Carlo Wolff
"The sturdy architecture Arriale brings to her playing generates memorable jazz no matter the source material." read more

2011-02-08
JazzedUp! Review by FC Etier
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2011-02-05
JazzPolice Review by Andrea Canter
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2011-02-02
University of North Florida Interview
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2011-01-29
Jazz In Space Review, Nick Bewsey
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2011-01-23
Review on Step Tempest by Richard Kamins
""Convergence" and "Nuances", her 2 most recent releases, show her at her best." read more

2011-01-20
The Jazz Session with Jason Crane
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2011-01-20
Sounds of Timeless Jazz Review
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2011-01-19
Ken Franckling Jazz Notes Review
"Longtime Arriale fans have a new facet of her work to savor" read more

2011-01-10
Winnipeg Free Press Review by Chris Smith
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2011-01-07
Midwest Record Review by Chris Spector
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2011-01-01
JazzEd Lessons Learned by Lynne Arriale
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2010-12-31
Buffalo News Review by Jeff Simon
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2009-08-01
Jazziz by Michael Roberts
direct and thoughtful communication read more

2009-07-01
Irish Times - Review
Arriale’s piano, too, retains her concern for melody and the character of each piece, but, in this freshly challenging company, it’s more open and fluid, yet paradoxically more maturely individual, than ever. The change has been good for her. read more

2009-07-01
Valley Planet - Interview
. Lynne Arriale is an artist who has had successful recordings and sold out performances for close to 20 years. Her recordings have been on the top of every notable jazz chart (including JazzWeek, Billboard, The New Yorker, and United Press Internationa read more

2009-07-01
Jazz Improv - Interview
are we going to take the time to calm down and listen to what sound needs to come next? read more

2009-06-08
The Jazz Breakfast by Peter Bacon - CD of the Day Review
she understands that all these notes... all this spontaneous composition called improvisation has as its purpose a communication of emotions, of truths about the human condition, of observations about the world around us. read more

2009-06-02
Chicago Tribune by Howard Reich - Review
CD of the Week Lynne Arriale: "Nuance: The Bennett Studio Sessions".....there's some lovely music to be heard here. read more

2009-05-18
All Music Guide by Michael Nastos - Review
[Randy Brecker] ignites Arriale's innate passion, and inspires her dream sequence style of playing into a netherworld of darker passion and modernist ideas that are startling in their pure inventiveness. read more

2009-05-12
JazzInk Interview
the CD/DVD project still bears the unmistakable imprint of a formidable composer who reveres melody, yet also makes dramatically clear that melody is a point of departure, not a boundary. There’s a sense of awakening, of renewal, of discovery that permeat read more

2009-05-12
JazzInk Review
[Arriale's] talent deserves comparison to the best of her generation’s post bop masters—Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner, Geri Allen, Frank Kimbrough. read more

2009-04-27
Jazz Improv by Gary Heimbauer - Review
She is an explorer, and a true artist, with a very unique voice read more

2009-04-04
The Times - Review by John Bungey
she is surely among the most melodic and heartfelt. read more

2009-04-01
Jazz and Blues Report - Review
The ultra-expressive Arriale has proven she is a real pro who’s chosen the right veteran team and material to get that message across. This is a step-up, benchmark recording for her and a knockout addition to her existing discography. read more

2009-03-30
Jazz and Blues Florida - Feature/Performance Update
Critics have universally praised Lynne for her singular sound, intuitive interaction with bassist and drummer, and consistently excellent recordings that have reached the top of every jazz chart of note. read more

2009-02-18
The Times - Performance Review
Arriale possesses an immaculate technique and, more importantly, a rare instinct for melodic phrases. Unlike so many of her peers, she does not approach her material as a mathematical puzzle; instead she is alive to the poetry. read more

2009-02-17
Evening Standard by Jack Massarik - Review
Bolder artists tend to be works in progress, and Lynne Arriale belongs in that category. read more

2009-02-14
The Guardian - Music Preview
Her soft sound and graceful thematic development echo both Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, but she addresses the jazz repertoire as if she were a singer read more

2009-02-04
Northern Echo - Review by Peter Bevan
Even on this first recording this sounds like a cohesive, balanced and sensitive group, the whole package greatly enhanced with a bonus DVD containing additional studio performances and interviews. read more

2008-11-22
Blogspot.com - Performance Update
The New York Times said, "Lynne Arriale's brilliant musicianship and bandstand instincts place her among the top jazz pianists of the day." read more

2008-09-26
All Music Review by Paula Edelstein
Arriale's piano proficiency continues to play the starring role in this wonderful trio, but with the aid of Steve Davis on drums and Jay Anderson on acoustic bass, together they present a beautiful jazz program that results in a surprising fresh new soun read more

2008-09-05
Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity - Kumbaya Song of the Month
Arriale has earned her place among elite international jazz artists. read more

2008-07-21
Downbeat Master Class By Lynne Arriale
With simple instructions on how to sing and play a few short melodic phrases using only five notes, anyone can begin to improvise. read more

2007-06-01
All About Jazz By Donald Elfman - Review
Quietly and brilliantly the Lynne Arriale Trio has been defining the art of the piano trio. read more

2007-06-01
Jazz Police - Performance Update
Over the past decade, critical jazz audiences have experienced the evolution of Lynne Arriale as one of the most elegant and spirited voices of jazz piano, her style marked by exquisite melodies, deceptively simple lines, and “flawless touch, an impeccabl read more

2007-04-19
The Lafayette By Travis R. Badeaux - Feature
Jazz is 'Notable' at local Ballroom Lynne Arriale Trio performs Friday concerts read more

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Rochester City Newspaper By Ron Netsky - Review
her tour-de-force composition (and performance) is an evocative uptempo classic, “Braziliana.” Her choices of other writers’ tunes are excellent. read more

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The Buffalo News By Jeff Simon - Review
Anyone smart enough to play Abdullah Ibrahim's "Mountain of the Night" and to make such a creative abstraction out of Monk's "Bemsha Swing" deserves your attention. read more

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All About Jazz By George W. Harris - Review
This lovely lithe redhead has put together a trio that creates masterful readings of astonishing originals, as well as intriguing interpretations of jazz and rock standards. read more

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All About Jazz By Jim Santella - Review
Pianist Lynne Arriale is a master of cool persuasion. She likes to caress the keyboard and let things settle in gradually. Whether she's interpreting a warm ballad or an uptempo romp, she ensures that the music will proceed naturally without forcing read more

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All About Jazz By John Kelman - Review
The trio moves synchronously between defined rhythms and temporal elasticity--the clear result of working together regularly. read more

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Pittsburgh Post Gazette By Bob Protzman - Review
Arriale is a sensitive ballad player, as well as composer and interpreter of romantic, deeply emotional music; she's also a dynamo, a hard-swinging bopper who plays swift, beautifully articulated lines. read more

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Toledo Blade By Tom Henry - Review
They strike a great balance between fury and sensitivity for a truly gorgeous sound. Recorded live at this year's Burghausen Jazz Week, Germany's oldest and most prestigious jazz festival, this is top shelf all the way read more

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Times Online - Performance Review
Apart from Ahmad Jamal, I cannot think of a player as vivacious and expressive as the red-haired American read more