Time Out
"Few can match the maturity and coherence of this young band's incredibly lucid vision of what an acoustic jazz band should sound like today"
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Cadence
'intriguing in the way they exploit the rhythmic freedom of sax and vibes together.....very stylish and strong'
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Flyglobalmusic.com
'you’d be a fool to miss this band live if they are anywhere near you'
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Jazz Review
"One of the finest CDs I have had the privilege of reviewing"
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Jazz Chicago
"One of the best young jazz combos in England"
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Jazzism
"Post bop with a remarkable energetic style"
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Music Maker
"Like the genie in the lamp, this [album] releases the spirit of Dolphy. Listen to Empirical and make three wishes."
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Audiophile Audition
"an ambitious and imaginative outpouring that is a compelling, creative and excellently constructed"
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California Chronicle
2009's Best Jazz Albums: "This album is tight, imaginative and heartfelt"
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ThisIsBooksMusic.com
"Explosive? This is the future of jazz now."
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Jazz Times
"Out ‘n' In is driven by a desire to further avant garde art and to keep it relatable to contemporary audiences."
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Buffalo News
"picks up in places where Dolphy left off."
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Northern Echo
"a wonderful combination of control and looseness"
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Echoes
"Empirical have managed to tackle one of the most advanced minds in the jazz canon and grow organically from it is emphatic testimony to a daring and maturity that can only bode well for the future."
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All About Jazz
"a momentous album, great in itself and promising even greater things to come."
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The Observer
"Empirical catch the distinctive flavour of [Dolphy's] work beautifully"
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Jazz Mann
"an excelllent record...there is clearly much more to come from these excellent musicians"
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Vortex Jazz
"overall, this is an intense, poised but always approachable album. Recommended"
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Jazz Journal
"Empirical come out strongly, with some genuinely thoughtful and innovative charts and comme il faut playing"
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Coventry Telegraph
"Their style remains distinctive, but they have the courage to make a complete shift of emphasis in terms of their compositional direction. They succeed with a boundless finesse."
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Independent on Sunday
"an impressively out-there sound"
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Financial Times
"a fresh faced knockout"
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Evening Standard
"intelligent, spacey music with absorbing solos"
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The Guardian
"full of sparky variety...excellent"
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BBC Music Magazine
"expertly sequenced with a fine sensibility for the music...as close to taking the band home as it gets"
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Jazz Breakfast
"one of the most skilled bands in the country."
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The Scotsman
"a spirited tribute to Eric Dolphy...[Empirical] rise to the challenge in engaged and inventive fashionm"
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Jazzwise
"graceful...dramatic and subtle...a daring maturity that can only bode well for the future"
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Record Collector
"imaginative renderings of two classic Dolphy numbers, [but] what's really striking are the nine original tunes"
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City Life
"The group's own identity remains elusive on what sounds like a great, lost album by Eric Dolphy. "
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Birmingham Post
"Hear how music can be rooted in the tradition of 45 years ago and still sound like the sound of tomorrow."
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Daily Telegraph
"the coolest of Britian's young jazz bands"
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Mojo
[Empirical] continue to astonish with their spirit and skill"
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