"It is an intelligent and well paced set and makes for good listening." - Cadence Jazz Magazine

"Outstanding, tight and tasty mainstream jazz. The loose, intelligent excitement of the Septet's playing is reminiscent of the VSOP Quintet of former Miles sidemen." - Albuquerque Journal

"It is an intelligent and well paced set and makes for good listening." - Cadence Jazz Magazine
 

Bassist’s Septet Cooks in Concert
Bob Groves, Music Reviewer, Albuquerque Journal

Backstage behind the closed curtain at the KiMo Theater, bassist Alan Lewine thanked his colleagues while they shook his hand in congratulations. Moments before about 200 happy jazz fans had given them a standing ovation and they had responded by marching an encore of “The Saints Go Marching In” around the theater...more

Lewine's tapes a slam-dunk
Wayne Thompson, Jazz Scene

This was Lewine's very first album, recorded in 1985 at the KiMo Theater in Albuquerque. All six tunes on the cassette were written and arranged by Lewine. The best of the lot is "Nefertiti's Dream," the first cut on Side One. This is an atmospheric piece that opens with a bass cadenza...more