What critics say of Jed Levy
- from the All About Jazz review of "Evans Explorations"Jed Levy has set for himself in his explorations of a piece of the Evans digest using his tenor trio is a daunting one. Levy succeeds remarkably well through his own impressionistic gentle touch, Francois Moutin's up-in-the-mix yet perceptively sensitive bass and the drumming of Evans grad Eliot Zigmund.
-from the All About Jazz review of "Gateway" Jed Levy, as demonstrated on the most attractive Gateway, lives in the mainstream world, but one that is filled with unexpected twists and turns while bringing together musicians who had never played together as a quartet.
-from the Jazz
Times.com review of "Mood Ellington":
Tenorist/flutist Jed Levy's Mood Ellington can be both admired and enjoyed
for its imaginative reworkings of some lesser-known Duke Ellington
compositions, all performed with skill and affection by a stellar
quintet.
-from the Montreal Mirror Review of "Mood Ellington" 10/10Tenorman Levy comes up with one of the greatest Ellington CDs in recent memory, including compositions like "Neo Hip Hot Cool Kiddies Community" from Duke's suite "The River?" and "Circle of Fourths," inspired by the Bard. It's also a great introduction to pianist Bill Mays.
-from Penguin Guide to Jazz,
a review of "Round and Round" ***(*):
"Jed's playing, though, is again tremendous. He powers through
themes and solos in a way which ought to seem bland, in terms of the
steely confidence of the execution, yet its nothing but full-throated
enjoyment. The sort of record which empowers the jazz-repertory
tradition without troubling to make any statements at all.
- from Jazz Review review of "Round
and Round":
"The first thing to notice about this fine
album is what a lot of sax playing you get for your money. Jed
Levy's tenor is unstoppable: the music flow out the horn in torrents."
-from the Penguin Guide to Jazz's review of "Sleight of Hand" ***(*):
"Very impressive and about as inventive a departure from the standard tenor-and-rhythm conventions as one can hope for. Levy's broad-shouldered tone and confident delivery give him the kind of full-on swing one associates with an earlier generation, but he's soaked in bebop and hard-bop practice."
