SOME REVIEWS

"A master musician who sees all of the angles in play and uses them to his advantage, Jochen Rueckert always delivers with best intentions and even better results" - All About Jazz 

"Great album, great musicians, highest score. Full stop. Verhoofen's jazz

"An album as dense as it is invigorating, which shows that good intentions are sometimes well rewarded" Jazzmania

"The leader’s nine originals are convoluted little anthems, compact buthummable, that launch Turner, Wogram and Roelofs high into the air" The New York CIty Jazz Record
"highly personalized breezy slice of hard-swinging fun" - Modern Drummer Magazine

"Jochen Rückert's career has clearly shifted up a gear" - All About Jazz

"The group played masterfully, performing Rueckert's compositions with authority and refinement." - Do the Gig

"there's often a kindred and appealing combination of quirkiness and catchiness.... Excellent" - Ottawa Citizen

"Melodies that have a habit of insinuating themselves deep in your head" - Downbeat

"a rarely heard warmth from the drums, that perfectly fits this timeless modern music" - Rondo

"It’s perhaps most engaging as a postbop soloists’ album, and the improv is very good indeed." - The Guardian U.K.

"radiates an understated warmth and sophistication which is so very appealing." - AP reviews

"This is music that's contemporary - in the best sense of the word. The guys play with a technique that isn't misused, a technique that stays true to tradition ... yet still reaches out to the unknown." - Bebop Spoken Here