“at times discordant but blissfully moving melodies that surge with Sorey’s complex but muscular drumming”
Jazziz
Read More“O’Farrill and Eskelin engage in astute exchanges teeming with inventive lyricism, investing Crump’s harmonious melodies with a resolute emotional core.”
Point of Departure
Read More“his bass, beautifully recorded here, becomes a powerful presence, a physical and spiritual force that looms over this music”
Stereophile
Read More“there are no conventional “jazz solos” and so you find yourself listening to the groove as if it were Coltrane”
PopMatters
Read More“each song exhibits a patience with each step of its development, which gives those melodic constructs time to come to full bloom”
Bird Is the Worm
Read More“Mr. Crump is a bassist with a broad stylistic frame, at home in both the avant-garde and a more traditional framework. With his band Rhombal, which just released an excellent self-titled album, he opts not to draw any distinctions between those poles”
The New York Times
Read More“While this is clearly Crump’s album, it’s also a blend of four distinct personalities, each able to navigate rapidly mutating tunes”
Downbeat
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