Brandino & Friends

Brandino & Friends: "The average jazz band and average jazz listener expect the same-old average jazz. If that's you, you need to wake up and go see Brandino & Friends. They are anything but average. While the instrumentation is traditional, this band's approach to jazz ranges from muscular, propulsive and meaty, to subtle, sophisticated and sensitive. The be-bop rages, and the ballads soar. This is jazz the way it was meant to be, not sanitized-for-your-protection but dangerous and moving and churning and beautiful. Brandino leads his friends' interplay and coaxes musicianship of the highest caliber from them on piece after piece, and while this is one entertainment all will certainly enjoy, the average jazz listener will feel like they finally found a lush oasis fountaining in the dusty desert. Brandino and Friends makes one excited and thankful about Jazz again." reviewed by George Radai