WITH JOE LOVANO NONET "Steve Williams' playing here generated the kind of rhythmic drive that Art Blakey excelled at during his heyday."
Chuck Obuchowski Hartford Courant -May 10, 2009
The enjoyment he derives from inspiring everyone here couldn't be more obvious... more
Mike Joyce, Washington Post, February 23, 2007
Steve Williams emerges as a leader with a potent modern-bop quintet... more
Jazz Times, May 2007
This record is a splendor. It revivals the kind of emotion that you only
feel listening to the great sessions from the sixties. The compositions,
signed by Steve Williams or other musicians from the band are dazzling.
It is one of those that gives the strength to get up in the morning and
the will to stretch out the night... more
Renaud Czarnes - Les Echos January 26, 2007
Superb debut as a leader.
A true musical project, a real personality of
instrumentalist and a surrounding in full sympathy with a determined leader:
in short, an album of inspired jazz...more
Jean Szlamowicz - Jazz Hot February 2007
Each of Steve Williams interventions –breaks and choruses- as well as his accompaniment show clearly that it
was time for him to lead this kind of band... more
Henri Marchal in La Semaine des Spectacles January
24, 2007
This album has to be recommended... more
Jacques Aboucaya Jazz Magazine February 2007
A session of exceptional quality... more
Discovery records - January 2007
