“An immaculate portrait, recorded impeccably … features some of Columbus’ best players lighting up and growing wings in the presence of one of the true legends of American music, Edward “Kidd” Jordan.
…Burleson’s spiky string bending … like lightning connecting Jordan’s heavens with the earthy foundation of Roger Hines’ bass and Roger Myers’ drums … Thamamattapoeia … a poem of loss, thanatosis and the articulation of sound with a reach wide enough to hold the world.
… the delightful “Marlene Dietrich and James Earl Jones in ‘Black Casablanca.’” opens with a grinding swagger then turns into something darker, shadowy and chaotic…. “