"The Honolulu Jazz Quartet is one of the state's most popular contemporary jazz bands, and Sounds Of The City is a satisfying document of their straightahead style." Todd Jenkins, Downbeat magazine (December 2004)
"I was completely taken aback by [+]"The Honolulu Jazz Quartet is one of the state's most popular contemporary jazz bands, and Sounds Of The City is a satisfying document of their straightahead style." Todd Jenkins, Downbeat magazine (December 2004)
"I was completely taken aback by a group of guys with a lot of heart and one of the most impressive jazz recordings I have heard to date." Sheldon T. Nunn, JazzReview.com
"When you think of Honolulu, jazz probably doesn't come to mind. It didn't for me. Now it does. Sounds of the City is an inspired set by an inspiring group. In that sax and a rhythm section category, this is the finest I've heard this year." Dan McClenaghan, AllAboutJazz.com - Posted November 12, 2004
"To find an independent group from Hawaii in the Top 50 is awesome, especially since it is their first release." - Sheldon Nunn, JazzReview.com
"Love the CD!" - Frank Johnson at WRTI - Philadelphia
"The HJQ, formed in 2001, a band firmly rooted in harmonically sophisticated but smooth post-Bop." - Cadence Magazine, May 2004
"You guys were great!" - James Ingram, at the Honolulu Symphony Pops concert, October 3, 2003.
"This is a magnificent CD!" - Don Gordon, jazz DJ, Hawaii Public Radio, 89.3 FM, Honolulu.
"Four instrumental "voices" blend with ease and assurance, creating a distinctive and colorful tapestry of emotions...HJQ is Hawaii's version of the MJQ - Modern Jazz Quartet - and the nucleus of all that's jazz in the Islands." - Wayne Harada, Honolulu Advertiser, August 31, 2003.
"The best local jazz album of the year." - John Berger, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, September 5, 2003.
"John Kolivas, Dan Del Negro, Adam Baron & Tim Tsukiyama make up the Honolulu Jazz Quartet and they have put together one of the most frequently requested CDs of the year in "Sounds of the City." Take a listen and find out why for yourself!" - BORDERS, Honolulu
The HONOLULU JAZZ QUARTET'S "SOUNDS OF THE CITY" CD reached No. 32 on the JazzWeek national radio airplay chart Top 50 in April 2004, spending 7 weeks on the chart.
The Honolulu Jazz Quartet is a logical progression in the great tradition of jazz in Hawaii. The band was founded in 2001 by local bassist John Kolivas with the intent of bringing four likeminded musicians together to create a consistent, indelible
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