James DeMars is a new voice in classical music. From the exuberant Concerto to Quartet for Piano and Strings, an expansive, intuitive, one movement work, in which Native American and Arabic themes provide the mood and atmosphere to Tapestry II, a rhapsody, a meditation in one movement, DeMars finds one true expression of the human condition, one resonant insight of inspiration.

This album’s hot, and Monaco’s trio smokes….Monaco explodes in a climactic style….Exuberance, skillful dynamics and galvanic solo construction are this organ trio’s assets….Monaco and company are a welcome addition to the jazz organ fraternity.
— Owen Cordle, Jazz Times

The recording continues Sai’s same intense style with even more of a hard driving, high-energy mix of originals and standards. The tunes are inventive and soulful with tight arrangements and imaginative playing.

One afternoon in Houston in the Spring of 1989, hornist Thomas Bacon’s agent called him in from another room by saying, “You’ve got to come listen to this…!” Composer Mark Schultz had sent Bacon a copy of his recently completed Dragons in the Sky for horn, percussion and tape asking if he might consider coming over to Austin to premiere the music at The University of Texas. The answer was an immediate ‘yes’ and the performance a month later was enthusiastically received.

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One afternoon in Houston in the Spring of 1989, hornist Thomas Bacon’s agent called him in from another room by saying, “You’ve got to come listen to this…!” Composer Mark Schultz had sent Bacon a copy of his recently completed Dragons in the Sky for horn, percussion and tape asking if he might consider coming over to Austin to premiere the music at The University of Texas. The answer was an immediate ‘yes’ and the performance a month later was enthusiastically received.

The recording continues Sai’s same intense style with even more of a hard driving, high-energy mix of originals and standards. The tunes are inventive and soulful with tight arrangements and imaginative playing.

This album’s hot, and Monaco’s trio smokes….Monaco explodes in a climactic style….Exuberance, skillful dynamics and galvanic solo construction are this organ trio’s assets….Monaco and company are a welcome addition to the jazz organ fraternity.
— Owen Cordle, Jazz Times

One afternoon in Houston in the Spring of 1989, hornist Thomas Bacon’s agent called him in from another room by saying, “You’ve got to come listen to this…!” Composer Mark Schultz had sent Bacon a copy of his recently completed Dragons in the Sky for horn, percussion and tape asking if he might consider coming over to Austin to premiere the music at The University of Texas. The answer was an immediate ‘yes’ and the performance a month later was enthusiastically received.

This album’s hot, and Monaco’s trio smokes….Monaco explodes in a climactic style….Exuberance, skillful dynamics and galvanic solo construction are this organ trio’s assets….Monaco and company are a welcome addition to the jazz organ fraternity.
— Owen Cordle, Jazz Times

The recording continues Sai’s same intense style with even more of a hard driving, high-energy mix of originals and standards. The tunes are inventive and soulful with tight arrangements and imaginative playing.