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"Walrath is equipped with a dry wit, and a full trumpet sound which ably stands the test of his arresting arrangements."
— Willard Jenkins
BUZZ
"....a major statement"
— Tribune, CA
"The charts are excellent, the playing superb, and Walrath gets to throw in some surprises, including two songs with Willie Nelson...."
— Los Angeles Tribune
"....he neither plays by the rules nor plays it safe." "In addition to seven brilliant, unique richly orchestrated originals, Walrath totally rearranges two country classics that feature none other than Willie Nelson on vocals and guitar."
— Jazziz
"....an alternation of in and out which ignores the boundaries some players set for themselves --- the sorts of boundaries Jack Walrath ignores."
— Kevin Whitehead
"....approaches the material here from unexpected angles and occasionally veers off in surprising directions. A thinking man's trumpeter...." "....a bracing experience for the discerning listener."
— Gene Kalbacher
Hot House
"....among the most impressive and commanding jazz of 1988." "....in the last several years his recordings have been uniformly excellent. The excitement and intensity are non-stop....a careening, non-stop bout of brilliant improvisation."
— Home Entertainment
Phila. Enq.
"....comes across as an assured, seasoned performer." "The weighting of high-energy blowing against ballads works well in "Wholly Trinity". There's a consistency both in the compositions and the playing that makes the recording cohere."
— Elaine Guregian
Downbeat
"Blues Album of the week! Mr. Walrath's arrangements stay unpredictable, and he rolls through them with well-honed dynamics, then leaps into solos."
— Jon Pareles
NY Times
"It boasts a collection of shapely tunes that are anything but mindless pap. What inspired this emotional effort?"
— Jeff Levenson
Billboard
"....the brassiest tone since Lester Bowie.... imaginative and immensely enjoyable...."
— Home Entertainment
"....there are few more compelling composers in a jazz idiom than this canny veteran of the last Mingus Quintet."
— Chip Stern
Musician
".....the band swings low and hard. The strong music bonhomie evident in the ensemble playing is a tribute to Walrath's bravura style, as well as, to his belief that good music can be a barrel full laughs."
— David Grogan
People
"....ebullient, ringing sound...."
— Leslie Gourse
Jazz Times
"Raucous, spontaneous, looking forward....trumpeter Walrath and company score big while dishing up serious fun....This is a party!"
— Bob Reid
Music Express
"The Smell of the Blues is a terrific number, sure to be covered.....in the main the mood is upbeat, even jovial."
— Brian Morton
Wire
"....different, striking stuff." "There's a lot of funny music -- I Can't Get Started, with the leader whipping the mute in and out of the trumpet, is a killer --- and some poignancy, even passion."
— Mike Fish
Wire
"....an unusually intelligent consecration of jazz and strings."
— Francis Davis
Village Voice
"....adventurous album....a daring endeavor that deserves to be heard."
— Art Lange
Downbeat
"I can't see this disc in any Top Ten sellers, though again it ought to be."
— Jack Cooke
Wire
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