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• "Strickland cut Open Reel Deck live, and his group's bandstand vigor splashes throughout. The leader is a fierce soloist; in cahoots with his poet Malachi, who declaims convincingly on a handful of tunes, he keeps the performance level at a fever pitch."
-Jim Macnie (Downbeat Magazine, January 2008) Read review » • Marcus Strickland named 'Best New Artist' in JazzTimes Magazine's Reader's Poll '06. • "Strickland's own approach to music goes far beyond merely staying current--he is an innovator. One of his more recent projects, the Twi-Life Ensemble, is an extension of that innovation." -Joe Montague (JazzReview.com) Read interview » • "[Twi-Life] contains some of the most intelligent, impassioned jazz that anyone of Strickland's generation has put down on record." -Thomas Conrad (JazzTimes Magazine, September 2006) Read review »
"Strickland's playing and compositional style is without a doubt shaping the soundscapes of the modern jazz world and is reflective of his generation and the world we live in today." | |||||||||||||||
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