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  • "Starace with his fluent, effortless sound proved to be one of the outstanding instrumentalists of the whole festival."

    Ian Mann
    www.thejazzmann.com (September 2010)

  • "More modern jazz from Birmingham Conservatoire trained Tommaso, this time with an extraordinarily talented British backing group and an exceptionally gifted recording engineer who is additionally a v"

    Kenneth Morris
    Clarinet and Saxophone Magazine (August 2010)

  • "..I suoi riferimenti sono molteplici e tipici di uno strumentista contemporaneo che ben padroneggia il periodo storico dal Bebop agli anni Sessanta.."

    Maurizio Franco
    Musica Jazz (July 2010)

  • "Besides being impressed by the standard of musicianship I was also impressed by Starace’s qualities as a writer"

    Ian Mann
    www.thejazzmann.com (June 2010)

  • "'Don't forget' è un album solare e assai vivace, che ci consegna un altoista di grande personalità che ha come riferimenti stilistici Kenny Garrett e Cannonball Adderley"

    Luciano Vanni
    JazzIt Magazine (June 2010)

  • "this is a good straight ahead session with enough variety of mood, rhythm and soloing rotation to keep ennui, something of a feature of some quartet sessions, firmly at bay."

    Jonathan Woolf
    www.musicweb-international.com (March 2010)

  • "Starace has an expressive tone"

    Selwyn Harris
    Jazzwise Magazine (February 2010)

  • "....But it's the young leader who, well, leads. He opens with a solo intro to Billy Strayhorn Isfahan, fully of saxophonic wizardry and flash..."

    Peter Bacon
    The Jazz Breakfast (January 2010)

  • "The Tommaso Starace Quartet draws from and array of influences from photography, personal occurrences, music legends, and more on the release Don't Forget......"

    Edward F. Nesta
    www.luxuryexperience.com (January 2010)

  • "Questo e' davvero un lavoro impeccabile degna testimognanza di un gruppo ben amalgamato, dal sound efficace che cattura ed ammalia l' ascoltatore per la finezza della ricerca e per i temi proposti, co"

    Alessandro Carabelli
    www.jazzitalia.com (January 2010)

  • "Anyone who has experienced a glissando of language on the streets of Italy will understand the utter exuberance with which Italian-born Starace attacks and runs with the language of music"

    Paul Medley
    The Oxford Times (October 2009)

  • "the disc is just crammed full of fresh and joyful improvisation"

    Ken Morris, Clarinet & Saxophone Magazine CD Review (October 2009)

  • "Loving what he plays, every note, every whisper as though he had invented each melody, each hue and song and was prepared to offer all his inventions to everybody"

    Vittorio Franchini
    Jazz Author (August 2009)

  • "...noted saxophonist and composer..."

    Ben Macnair
    Lichfield Arts (March 2009)

  • "...a distinctive new artist."

    John Fordham
    Jazz UK Magazine (August 2008)

  • "...What is for sure, America has no longer got a monopoly on great Jazz."

    John Wright
    The St Ives Times (May 2008)

  • "We only go after musicians of a certain quality"

    Matt Johnson
    Grimsby Telegraph (August 2007)

  • "...Una concezione visiva della partitura che Starace riesce a tradurre su una scia post-bop, con spiccata originalita"

    Matteo Brancaleoni
    Jazz Magazine (April 2007)

  • "...he and his band turned in a real tour-de-force performance."

    Chris Beggs
    Leicester Mercury (February 2007)

  • "Five Questions for Tommaso Starace"

    Norven Kane
    Metro Newspaper Newcastle (December 2006)

  • "...Like the photographer , Starace's eight portraits are full of quick-silver ingenuity and humour...."

    Tom Barlow, Jazzwise magazine (October 2006)

  • "...Le partiture sono visive, ma tradotte da Starace in una serie di brani da cui non mancano spunti originali e, soprattutto, una salda tempra solistica..."

    Daniele Cecchini
    Musica Jazz Magazine (September 2006)

  • "Jazz musician Tommaso Starace has produced an album of music inpired by Elliott Erwitt photographs..."

    Interview by Terry Hope
    Editor of Digital Photo Pro magazine (September 2006)

  • "Inspired by a series of iconic photographs, UK - based Italian alto saxophonist Tommaso Starace, has ignited a spark of creativity in his playing that could bring him to wider attention..."

    Interview by Tom Barlow in Jazzwise magazine (September 2006)

  • "...The promising Starace seems to be revealing his most personal voice in the full-on music."

    John Fordham
    The Guardian (August 2006)

  • "This is a unique collaboration of mind, music, sight and feeling..."

    Edward F. Nesta for www.luxuryexperience.com (May 2006)

  • "All in all Starace has much to be proud of..."

    Nic Jones
    www.allaboutjazz.com (April 2006)

  • "I've noticed that some of the most interesting and original jazz releases lately are coming from Europe..."

    John Henry
    www.audaud.com (April 2006)

  • "Tommaso combines the visual and aural arts to great effect..."

    Musicians Union Magazine (April 2006)

  • "Starace's melodious originals offer good blowing potential for alto and soprano solos delivered in a cleanly articulate post-bop style reminiscent of Phil Woods"

    Jack Massarik
    Jazzwise magazine (April 2006)

  • "I am sure we will hear much of Tommaso in the future..."

    Don Mather
    www.musicweb-international.com (March 2006)

  • "Starace swings magnificently. The quintet plays exquisitely and Tommaso Starace plays alto as it should be played..."

    John Gilbert
    www.ejazznews.com (February 2006)

  • "One of the new young lions of jazz to look out for..."

    Edward Blanco posted for www.ejazznews.com (February 2006)

  • "...this CD is outstanding in all ways. Tommaso Starace's quintet is superb, and the playing is flawless."

    Lee Prosser
    www.jazzreview.com (February 2006)

  • "Signor Starace is a shrewd operator. He plays alto and soprano sax with impressive post-Parkerian felicity and Italian flair."

    Jack Massarik, Purcell Room concert reviewed in The Evening Standard (December 2005)

  • "This is an extremely promising debut album"

    Ian Carr
    Jazz Author (September 2002)

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