Articles and Reviews

#1 Jazz CD of 2007- Toronto Life
#1 Jazz Recording of 2007- Allmusic.com
Top 5 Jazz CDs of 2007- Globe & Mail
Top 20 Jazz CDs of 2007- Montreal Gazette
Top 20 Jazz CDs of 2007- Sonic Troubadour

• (of 4)…clear, powerful and nimble…this band is full of talented experimentalists who fully inhabit these ambitious charts.” - Eye Weekly
• (of 5)…an utterly brilliant and deeply moving collaboration that gives an entirely new meaning to the term "world fusion"…the #1 jazz record of 2007.” - Thom Jurek, allmusic.com
• (of 4)…[Odessa/Havana] is a genuine hybrid, strongly flavoured by Russian-Jewish modality and Afro-Cuban rhythms, but with those strands so strongly intertwined (and grounded in Spanish/Moorish music) as to seem inextricable…[the compositions are] delicately textured and dazzlingly tuneful, but it's the powerful, swinging and lyrical playing that ultimately sells the project.”- J.D Considine, Globe & Mail
• “[Odesssa/Havana is an] absolute cooker…that produces a seamless [blend] of Cuban and Jewish forms, that makes the mesh seem like the most natural thing in the world. Oh man, this is a good one!”- Brick Wahl, L.A. Weekly
• “...the playing is impeccable. Buchbinder and Durán are aggressive and agile soloists...[The album] is a considerable compositional accomplishment and a solid sonic shot of festive fun...” - Michael Point, Downbeat Magazine
• It’s as if shtetl streets, Havana nightclubs and Harlem after-hours joints were all versions of one another and destined to blend in some urban musical paradise that is passionate, dancing and completely irresistible. There is beautiful music here, along with ferocity and no small amount of fun. Failure to respond is virtually impossible.” - Buffalo News
• “…a truly formidable array of fierce players who are not afraid to experiment…this is a band that is innovative [and] artistically fertile…”- eJazz News