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| "Of all Trane's lasting contributions, perhaps the greatest to the future of improvised music was his example of spiritual integrity and physical drive. Sonny blows with both." |
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| Howard Mandel- DownBeat | ||||
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| --------------- | "...one of jazz's more impressive saxophone virtuosi...quite phenomenal...a big, hard, alternately gritty or keening sound...there is a wild, primitive quality to his sound that recalls the era of musicians like Sidney Bechet..." | |||
| Thomas Albright - San Francisco Chronicle | ||||
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| "...a gifted composer and improviser at the peak of his creativity." |
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| "While Benny Carter and Phil Woods may be the reigning kings of the alto saxophone in jazz today, Sonny Fortune should surely be a member of the royal family." |
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| Bill Wahl - Jazz & Blues Report | ||||
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| "...swaggering, smoking style...a night of dazzling music...inexhaustible fervor...an endearing warmth and a brisk melodic quality...a recognized master of his instruments and acclaimed for his skills as a composer..." | ||||
| Owen McNally - Hartford Courant | ||||
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| "...a foot-stomping display of saxophone power...it literally pinned me to my seat." | ||||
| Stephen Israel - Times Herald Record | ||||
| --------------- | --------------- | "...the breathy delicacy of (Lester) Young, a phrase with the pure clarity of Hawkins, the passion of Coltrane...the ingenuity of Parker...a tasteful player who knows when to take a solo and when to end it..." | ||
| --------------- | Larry King - Richmond News Leader | |||
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| "...a hard-blowing altoist...play(s) to the head, the intellect, the emotions... refreshing and exhilarating..." | ||||
| --------------- | Philip Elwood - San Francisco Examiner | |||
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| "The heir apparent to Cannonball...reigned as one of the best altoists around for 20 years." | ||||
| Gary Giddins - Village Voice | ||||
| "...complicated, detailed-filled solos ...a bruising improviser." | ||||
| Peter Watrous - The New York Times | ||||
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| "...a continuing source of delight...known as much for his vigorous explorations as for his thoughtful ballads." | ||||
| --------------- | Kirk Silsbee - LA New Times | |||
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| "...a hard-bop drive that somehow synthesizes Coltrane's mystical searching with Rollins' colossal power." | ||||
| Rob Pratt - Santa Cruz Good Times | ||||
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| "...a solid, self-effacing straightahead hornman for whom craftsmanship means more than showmanship and who can pack more undiluted music into a 45 minute set than some swaggering 'stars' deliver in a month." |
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| --------------- | Larry Birnbaum - DownBeat | --------------- | ||
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| --------------- | "...a tremendously passionate improviser...carries emotion with startling clarity..." | |||
| --------------- | Mark Miller - Toronto Globe and Mail | |||
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| "...pleasure, mixed with the sinus-clearing excitement of Art Blakey's best units, is what Sonny Fortune has to offer." | ||||
| --------------- | Larry Kart - Chicaco Tribune | |||
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| "...Fortune showered his work with searing runs, gritty high-register cries and a prevailing lyrical sense that integrated his solos into a seamless whole. The prevailing mood was one of abandon." | ||||
| Bill Kohlhaase - Los Angeles Times | ||||
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