Fred Anderson From the River to the Ocean

"Evoking the spirit dance of tenor giants John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, Anderson digs deep and conjures great gusts of improvisation without straying too far from the music's inner structure."
"[U]nique in Anderson's discography, taking him far from the bluesy, sometimes meandering territory he's made his own. This kind of adventurousness is admirable, especially when the results are this inspired."
4 stars out of 5 -- "Drake's full arsenal is on display....The dominant tonal color here is dark, best represented on Anderson's 'Planet E'..."
"This set emphasizes subtlety over show, group interplay over individual scenery chewing, and ideas over pyrotechnics."