"Bhattacharya / Gronseth / Wessel is one of the best sounding jazz albums ever recorded (…) Two Indians, a Norwegian and an American make for an extraordinary jazz fusion (…) Great jazz art in outstanding sound quality!” - Musikreviews (DE)
“This attempt to renew Hindustani raga with Nordic and American folk influences and even touches of classical music has become a distinct and innovative product (…) a beautiful and relaxing work that will delight lovers of music with ethnic flavors.” - Distrito Jazz (ES)
“Bhattacharya's seductively hypnotic sound on his 22-string instrument, Wessel's fluid tones and Gronseth's often featherweight sound are never less than enjoyable, engaging and sometimes ineffably, romantically evocative” - Elsewhere.co.nz (NZ)
«a wonderful CD that sounds like a hypnotizing journey along several musical and cultural borders (…) Beautiful and inspiring music well suited to get carried away with” - Tor de Jazz (NO)
“The East West fusion works perfectly () and the interplay is exquisite.” - World Music Central (UK)
“When the deep and somewhat melancholic saxophone embraces the featherlight tones of the chaturanga, you realize that these completely diverse sonorities go extremely well together. Add jazz guitar against a background of swirling tabla rhythms and you get a delightful whirlwind of new and fresh sounds.” - Samora (NO)
“The combination is quite hypnotic () you’ll love it for its restful beauty.” - MusicWeb-International
“These ragas highlight the emphatic, organic interplay of Bhattacharya, Grønseth and Wessel, letting their distinct voices weave nuanced and rich textures.” - Eyal Hareuveni, Salt Peanuts (ISR/DK)
“Rich and consistent (…) languid explorations, shifting between melody and improvisation as naturally as inhaling and exhaling.” - Songlines (UK)
"What is so interesting about these pieces is that it is so very difficult to pigeon-hole them into any category that had been previously defined as ‘indo-jazz fusion’; not to denigrate any work what had come under that heading, but more to point out the originality of the work of this integration of talented musicians deeply immersed in each other’s musical traditions." - Jazz Views (UK)
“This attempt to renew Hindustani raga with Nordic and American folk influences and even touches of classical music has become a distinct and innovative product (…) a beautiful and relaxing work that will delight lovers of music with ethnic flavors.” - Distrito Jazz (ES)
“Bhattacharya's seductively hypnotic sound on his 22-string instrument, Wessel's fluid tones and Gronseth's often featherweight sound are never less than enjoyable, engaging and sometimes ineffably, romantically evocative” - Elsewhere.co.nz (NZ)
«a wonderful CD that sounds like a hypnotizing journey along several musical and cultural borders (…) Beautiful and inspiring music well suited to get carried away with” - Tor de Jazz (NO)
“The East West fusion works perfectly () and the interplay is exquisite.” - World Music Central (UK)
“When the deep and somewhat melancholic saxophone embraces the featherlight tones of the chaturanga, you realize that these completely diverse sonorities go extremely well together. Add jazz guitar against a background of swirling tabla rhythms and you get a delightful whirlwind of new and fresh sounds.” - Samora (NO)
“The combination is quite hypnotic () you’ll love it for its restful beauty.” - MusicWeb-International
“These ragas highlight the emphatic, organic interplay of Bhattacharya, Grønseth and Wessel, letting their distinct voices weave nuanced and rich textures.” - Eyal Hareuveni, Salt Peanuts (ISR/DK)
“Rich and consistent (…) languid explorations, shifting between melody and improvisation as naturally as inhaling and exhaling.” - Songlines (UK)
"What is so interesting about these pieces is that it is so very difficult to pigeon-hole them into any category that had been previously defined as ‘indo-jazz fusion’; not to denigrate any work what had come under that heading, but more to point out the originality of the work of this integration of talented musicians deeply immersed in each other’s musical traditions." - Jazz Views (UK)
PLING015 Reviews (click to read)
Musikreviews.de, 13.06.17 (German)
