"[A] terrific group...You can imagine that softly rocking line on a 60s Blue Note date...the same spiraling effect you used to get with the Bhundu Boys...Like his old friend and associate, Thomas Chapin, [Kell] keeps his ears and mind open for new sounds and experiences." —Downbeat Magazine (Four-Star Review, January 2024)

"Arthur Kell again proves his innovative skills as a bandleader. Intense musical conversations, which are driven from one climax to the next...highlight the quartet's intense, lucid and tight musical interplay. A varied, colorful, dynamic and all around exciting album! Musically the quartet is covering a broad spectrum. [Kell's] original compositions are swinging back and forth between Brazil and the Arabic world. The musical coherence is impressive. Two guitarists in top form. A rising star drum virtuoso." —Jazz'N'More Magazine (Five-Star Review, Jan/Feb 2024): 

“Everything that modern jazz should be: vibrant, challenging music from a band so tight within its group dynamic and so confident in its individualistic chops that every movement is a lively step forward….retains all the energy of a kick-ass live event." — Jazz Improv Magazine

"The compositions are filled with melodic arrangements, spontaneous interaction, and vibrant individual performances. Booming bass lines, crisp drumming, and dynamic sax and guitar harmonies (and solos) are in abundance and every tune has elements of swing and discovery.…the music's lyrical bent and the quartet's collective talent for nuance is what brings this disc home...the sense that these are stories never wanes....the results are very, very good." — All About Jazz

“…pushing the lines and learning what lies beyond the norm by breaching boundaries of composition and volunteering a freer conversation. This is music beyond the chart; it is sentient art, challenging listeners with incongruent lines and exhilarating, exacting conversations. It is volatile, daring jazz…” — Blinded by Sound

"A group stupendously united, solid and modern with a sublime melodic qualities and a rhythmic confidence and inventiveness." — GARA (Spain)

"The music rings with sensitivity and beauty...." — Cadence Magazine

  "...enormously confident mastering of instruments and style. Because the melody always remains at the core, rhythms develop their own lives...the musicians react to each other with great sensitivity, communicating with an alert understanding..."  — Westdeutsche Zeitung (Germany)