“remarkable level of listening…a kind of inevitability…everything seems not dictated but ordained, in a lyrical movement of the highest level”
AllAboutJazz
Read Morefreshness and joy…desolation and loneliness…abstract yet lyrical…grand in its intimate power”
FreeJazzBlog
Read More“patient and surprising and uncommonly gorgeous…grooving, swinging, free, mind-blowing”
PopMatters
Read More“two lengthy meditations on sound that don’t want for ideas, crisp musicianship or locomotion”
AllAboutJazz
Read More“reveals a storyteller’s sensibility and…a poet’s penchant for conjuring images and moods.”
AllAboutJazz
Read More“Crump is also an eloquent instrumentalist whose painterly brushstrokes are heard to great effect on the musical portrait, Eweslepe.”
Berkshire Eagle
Read More“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.”
AllAboutJazz
Read More“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.”
Bass Player
Read More“First-rate playing by all the principals on this auspicious debut from Crump, a talent who bears watching.”
JazzTimes
Read More“From the first listen, this quietly beautiful and supremely human music engaged me like the beginning of a great novel.”
JazzReview.com
Read More“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.”
The New York Times
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