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"Pianists continue to lead Modern Jazz in a direction that explores the future without letting go of the past... (The Toby Koenigsberg Trio) offers creative forays into Jazz’s core. Two brief interpretations of 'Stella by Starlight' serve to demonstrate the unique approach that the pianist and his trio apply to their work. Nothing is straightforward. Everything comes with a deep sense of adventure... the music swings with a creative edge."
-Jim Santella, Cadence (image) (text)
"A mind-stretching trio affair... Ideally, this highly recommended CD by the Toby Koenigsberg Trio is best enjoyed in a quiet room devoid of distractions, with low lighting and a glass of a favorite vintage wine."
-Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
"On Sense, pianist Toby Koenigsberg's trio offers up a wistful and straightforward take on the American Songbook classic 'My Foolish Heart,' including a poignant, spare reading of the familiar melody. However, everything else on the disc pushes the boundaries... A fascinatingly forward-leaning approach to the jazz trio."
-Dan McClenaghan, AllAboutJazz.com
"This CD is very musical and, above all, musically innovative which is what jazz players should always strive for. The group is very tight and thinks creatively as a whole, with each player distinguishing himself in a musically unique and technically adept way. They have established themselves as a first-rate jazz trio which I hope will return to the studio again soon."
-John Ferrara, Jazz Radio 247
"After (reviewing Frank) Kimbrough, I'm immediately struck by how much livelier (the Toby Koenigsberg Trio) is -- not just that it goes faster but slow spots develop in more interesting ways."
-Village Voice writer Tom Hull, tomhull.com
"... the musicians are excellent. Koenigsberg uses the entire keyboard... and he’s faster than lightning."
-Ric Bang, The Davis Enterprise
"(A) world-class trio... This is musical performance and technique of the highest order."
-Mary Burlingame, KMHD 89.1 FM
"This is an absolutely superb piano trio delivering a magnificent program... There are numerous treasures contained in this disc. Koenigsberg and Abbott tend to periodically display their classical learnings in some sections. (This can never be fully repressed and makes for some beautiful light-touch keyboards and sumptuous bass.) At other times the group swings and drives like crazy. I just love this one!"
- Birney K. Brown, Audiophile Audition
"Koenigsberg has excellent technique and he plays as though he doesn't have anything to prove."
-Disk Union (translation)
"On its new CD Sense, the Toby Koenigsberg Trio approaches jazz from intriguing angles, bringing an exciting energy and edginess to originals and standards... (The Trio) upend(s) conventional song structures and expand(s) contemporary definitions of jazz with an iconoclasm that’s always been in the music’s best tradition."
-Terell Holmes, All about Jazz - New York (link) (image)
"In the spring of 2005, after nearly two years of leading a trio with Tyler Abbott and Jason Palmer, I realized that the chemistry of the group was special and worth documenting. The result is this CD, Sense, of which I am immensely proud. I am proud of it not just because the group is a good group, or because the musicians are good musicians, but because that special something happened in the studio – magic, inspiration, whatever you want to call it – that often pushed the music to a level of transcendence which can be difficult to achieve when recording. I sincerely hope you enjoy listening to this music as much as we enjoyed making it."
-Toby Koenigsberg
©2008 Tobias R. Koenigsberg. All Rights Reserved.
