3rd June 2013: One day before his worldwide release, veteran drummer Jeff Williams’ The Listener continues to shine with 4 Star review in Guardian + glowing showing in All About Jazz
Veteran drummer Jeff Williams’ is about to release his 2nd album with us tomorrow and in celebration we’d like to call your attention to two fantastic reviews that have just come in. The first is a 4 Star review in the Guardian and the second comes from All About Jazz. As expected, the press for Jeff’s album has been through the roof and is only really just beginning so stop back tomorrow and pick up a copy of The Listener and see what all the hype is about. Thank you!
“The Listener’s cutting-edge expertise and unwavering emphasis on improvisation makes this thoroughly contemporary music…It’s a set of hot-and-cool Ornette Colemanesque themes, hip postbop and slow-burn reflections performed, on this live recording, by Williams’ New York quartet.”
4 Stars, The Guardian
“The Listener is not merely a throwback to Coleman in the way that the Black Crowes is to the Faces and Rolling Stones; rather it is the acknowledgement and development of an idea after the white-heat of its creation has cooled…Exceptional sonics and the creative camaraderie”
All About Jazz