MORE PRESS:

• "Twenty-six year-old, Russia-born/New York-based clarinetist/saxophonist Alex Kontorovich is a phenomenon... A resourceful and disciplined musician, he integrates his Jewish musical heritage with the vocabulary of bebop in a creative and persuasive manner ... with tons of passion and integrity."
  -- Eyal Hareuveni, AllAboutJazz-NY
  
  
• "Mathematicians are famous for doing their best work early in life. Musicians, on the other hand, typically improve with age. It's hard to see how Kontorovich, who already has nearly enough material for another album, could top 'Deep Minor.' But it'll be fun to see him try."
  -- Alexander Gelfand, The Forward
  
  
• "Progressive in concept, the album soars with genuine emotion, a sincere combination of the acoustic tradition and more contemporary textures. The leader's clarinet floats aloft like a human voice and his alto saxophone, while bright and high-stepping, wraps up the quartet in a warm coat of everyday conversation... Deep Minor has the kind of irresistible appeal that makes us cry out for more."
  -- Jim Santella, AllAboutJazz-NY
  
  
• "Alex Kontorovich may be familiar to klezmerphiles from KlezKanada and KlezKamp, he plays frequently with Frank London and is a member of the Klez Dispensers. But the Russian emigre is also an accomplished post-bop reedman. This is uncompromisingly radical stuff, with Brandon Seabrook providing some very Oriental-sounding banjo and Kontorovich moving easily between romantic modal playing, some fractured klezmer, and high-energy shrieking. He's an imaginative, thoughtful improviser and this is a highly intelligent, fiery album."
  -- George Robinson, Jewish Week
  
  
• "Deep Minor expands the concept of Radical Jewish Culture into the 21st Century."
  -- Troy Collins, AllAboutJazz-NY