"TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2006"
awarded to Rosetta by CODA and Jazzwise magazines
"Here is a string ensemble for the new century!"
Donald Elfman, AllAboutJazz-New York, 1/07 Rosetta review
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"As a bassist and composer, Mr. Crump avoids obvious routes but manages never to lose his way, as he demonstrates on his intimate new album, Rosetta."
Nate Chinen, New York Times, 10/06 CD release concert listing
"unassuming honesty...rich profundity...one of the year's sleeper hits"
John Kelman, AllAboutJazz.com, 10/06 Rosetta review
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"From the first listen, this quietly beautiful and supremely human music engaged me like the beginning of a great novel."
Dave Wayne, JazzReview.com, Rosetta review
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"elegant, beautiful and highly-recommended...a strings-lover's dream"
Jason Bivens, Dusted Magazine, 2/07 Rosetta review
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"an intensely lyrical work"
Kevin Le Gendre, Jazzwise (UK), 2/07 Rosetta review
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"Crump is a world-class composer and performer"
Matthew Warnock, Just Jazz Guitar, 2/07 Rosetta review
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"strikingly fresh and unobvious compositions...an impressive and original voice."
Andy Hamilton, The Wire (UK), 12/06 Rosetta review
"an extremely well-matched string trio"James Hale, Downbeat, 2/07 (3 1/2 stars!)
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"an engaging and sublime meeting, guaranteed to sneak up on you."
Jay Collins, Signal to Noise, #44 Winter 2006 Rosetta review
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"an appealingly dreamy folk-jazz hybrid"
Time Out NY, 10/06 listing about Rosetta
"quiet...persistent creativity"
Derek Taylor, Bagatellen, 10/06 Rosetta review
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"deceivingly complex, stimulating and meticulously executed music...listening to Rosetta is like inviting three musicians into your personal space for a private concert"
Mark F. Turner, AllAboutJazz.com, 11/06 Rosetta review
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"a deeply-personal musical statement that transcends rigid interpretations of jazz"
Glenn Astarita, AllAboutJazz.com, 11/06 Rosetta review
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"intricate, narrative compositions...outstanding music!"
Bob Morello, Boston Post-Gazette, 10/06 "Facts on Wax" Rosetta review
"the musicians seem to interact telepathically"
Seth Rogovoy, Berkshire Living, Jan/Feb 2007 Rosetta review
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"stunning counterpoint "
Chris Kosky , Bass World, Summer 2007 Rosetta review
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"highly unconventional...very enjoyable...Crump's fabulous sound is at the top of my list"
Beth Bowers, TheCelebrityCafe.com, 10/06 Rosetta review
"gives the odd impression of a chamber trio jamming on a front porch"
Shaun Brady, CityPaper Philadelphia, 11/06 Rosetta concert listing
"First-rate playing by all the principals on this auspicious debut from Crump, a talent who bears watching."
Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes, 4/02 Tuckahoe review
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"In this collection bassist/composer Crump conjures up many moods. His understated ensemble approach occasionally gives way to a well-formed solo concept. With his burnished tone and deft fingers, Crump keeps it percolating until it's his turn to boil."
Ed Friedland, Bass Player, 3/02 from a BP Recommends review of Tuckahoe
"Stephan Crump represents a new breed of bassist/bandleader/composer, one who asks himself and his listeners to entertain new ideas about what jazz can be and where it can go."
David Adler, AllAboutJazz.com, from a review of Tuckahoe 7/01
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"Crump is also an eloquent instrumentalist whose painterly brushstrokes are heard to great effect on the musical portrait, Eweslepe."
Seth Rogovoy, Berkshire Eagle, in a Tuckahoe review 10/02
"...an ironclad sense of purpose"
Ben Ratliff, NY Times, from a review of the Vijay Iyer Quartet at the Knitting Factory NYC 11/00
"Crump's steady pulse (is) infectious"
Jay Collins, Signal to Noise, from a review of the Vijay Iyer Quartet's Blood Sutra
"steadfast bass figures"
Nate Chinen, Village Voice, from a review of the Vijay Iyer Quartet at Merkin Hall 1/05
"...with a full tone and solid grooves...he never overplays."
Ed Friedland, Bass Player, 8/02 from a BP Recommends review of Open Wide
"subtly powerful acoustic bass"
Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes, 9/02 from a review of Open Wide
"elegant bass playing"
Barbara and Scott Siegel, In Theater Magazine, 8/99
"Crump's Poems... revealed a storyteller's sensibility and...a poet's penchant for conjuring images and moods."
David Adler, AllAboutJazz.com, 3/00
"...Poems and Other Things is a session-long study in contemporary lyricism"
Cadence Magazine 5/98
and my personal favorite:
"Man, you was all up on that bass, slappin' it and everything..."