“The intelligence, sensitivity and sheer understated finesse of the late great guitarist Jim Hall live on in the music of the trio led by the bassist Stephan Crump”
London Jazz News
Read More“sounds like a delicate and carefully planned set of miniature symphonies that invite the listener in even though they sound like intimate whispers”
PopMatters
Read More“the choreography is masterful…the short tracks, corralled into three sections, are as spacious and subtle and sensitive as Beyond the Missouri Sky, the duo album released a decade and a half ago by Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden – but bent magnificently out of shape” ****
JazzWise
Read More“a power of an empathetic two to suggest a larger, third entity underscores the enlightened free-play between rugged bassist Stephan Crump and innovative guitarist Mary Halvorson” ****
Downbeat
Read More“the sound of two musical personalities getting to know each other…an almost voyeuristic pleasure”
The Wire
Read More“two very sensitive and thoughtful musicians homing in on the moment’s razor edge…and creating a compelling body of music in the process”
Nashville Scene
Read More“an incomparable engagement that soars above similar settings or frameworks set forth by others”
AllAboutJazz
Read More“A laboratory for two of the most inventive string players working today…luminous, hushed, reflective, whimsical, dramatic, gripping, edge-of-your-seat soundscapes imbued with architectural savvy…”
Jim Macnie
Read More“Crump coaxed from his bass the kind of striking, spectral sob that makes audiences want to erupt in applause.”
LA Magazine
Read More“a deeply-personal musical statement that transcends rigid interpretations of jazz”
AllAboutJazz
Read More“deceivingly complex, stimulating and meticulously executed music…listening to Rosetta is like inviting three musicians into your personal space for a private concert”
AllAboutJazz
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