The George Cotsirilos Quartet at Cafe Pink House

Re: The Quartet's Current CD, "Mostly In Blue,"
Four Stars, Downbeat
Performing originals with bluesy connotations and occasional Brazilian inflections along side the standard “I Wish I Knew” and Charlie Parker’s “Crazeology,” the band achieves a like-live, late night ambiance. Cotsirilos favors a warm, pearly tone and long, flowing phrases, which dip into his lowest reaches. Saunders adds lightly percussive chordal accompaniment and takes graceful solos that expand the melodic material......he may feint toward funk, but like Cotsirilos, stays on the sophisticated side of that territory.......personal and a pleasure....

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Re: The Quartet's Current CD, "Mostly In Blue,"
Four Stars, Downbeat
Performing originals with bluesy connotations and occasional Brazilian inflections along side the standard “I Wish I Knew” and Charlie Parker’s “Crazeology,” the band achieves a like-live, late night ambiance. Cotsirilos favors a warm, pearly tone and long, flowing phrases, which dip into his lowest reaches. Saunders adds lightly percussive chordal accompaniment and takes graceful solos that expand the melodic material......he may feint toward funk, but like Cotsirilos, stays on the sophisticated side of that territory.......personal and a pleasure.
—Howard Mandel, Downbeat

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