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Editorial Reviews
Bill Milkowski
"The crescendos are orgasmic, the collective improv telepathic. Music this subversive never sounded so good."
About the Artist
Guitarist Jimmy Herring, best known for his work with 'The Allman Brothers Band', 'Aquarium Rescue Unit', 'The Dead' and 'Phil Lesh' leads an all-star band to new heights of improvisational glory. Fusing elements of progressive instrumental rock and jazz and JamBand abandon, Project Z's new album "Lincoln Memorial" is one of the finest electric jazz rock album of all time. Blue Note recording artist Greg Osby, kinetic bassist Ricky Keller, keyboardwhiz Jason Crosby (Robert Walter) and hyperactive drummer Jeff Sipe (Phil Lesh, Susan Tedeschi) turn the music inside out. Be prepared to meet a high power.



More for your music $, November 23, 2005
Reviewer: G. S Senko "gregsenko" (Media PA)
This is not easy listening, but there is so much MUSIC on this recording, after you listen to it a few times, everything else will seem simplistic and coldly calcualted. If you like great electric guitar playing and great modern Jazz, like Tim Berne, Anthony Braxton, Nels Cline you will love this! If you want to hear what in inside Jimmy Herring's head (and hands) having reached a new pinnacle in his playing after gigging almost non-stop for a year, you won't be disappointed. If you want to experience the ecstatic syncronicity possible among a well-matched group of first-class musicians, this is for you



Project Z Lincoln Memorial - The Peak of Creativity, December 9, 2005
Reviewer: We No Speak "www.jazzrockworld.com" (San Francisco Bay Area)
[B]I finally got my copy of Project Z and casually put it into my computer's media player. BIG MISTAKE! This is not casual music by a long shot. My first reaction was ecch, this is way too avante garde and sounds excessively chaotic. I thought, why is everyone talking about this? To me, it's just noise.
About a week passed and I kept thinking ...Jeff Sipe...Jimmy Herring...Greg Osby...I can't just write this recording off, especially since the musicians are top shelf, and, I didn't even listen to the whole thing. I have to give it another go.
I put the cd in my big rig and cranked it up. Well, that's all it took, I heard it, I "got it", and I dug it! It's spontaneous collective improvisation done at the very highest level of creativity! Every note is incredibly powerful, meaningful, and contributes beautifully to the overall sound. Don't be confused by that. THIS STYLE IS NOT FOR THE TIMID. There are no "songs" here, no melodies you'll be humming along to, and no way to describe it without getting technical and turning off the casual listener. You have to pay strict attention to the entire performance note by note as if you were playing along with them to really appreciate what they're doing. The musicians on Project Z follow each other musically like the perfect ballet of a large school of herring (no pun intended, but sometimes I just can't help myself).
If you like the collective improvisation style of music, you will probably also enjoy "J.D. Hopkins and the Sons of Rhythm" (my personal favorite). In the case of Project Z, the improvisation is tremendously high energy, fast paced, and the changes are rapid fire with exceptional hand/ear coordination. J.D. on the other hand adds more groove and space for the soloist.
Overall, being the Jazz Rock Fusion old-timer that I am, I found the music to be exceptionally well done. It's a "hard listen" for sure, but good enough to be an excellent choice for the serious minded fan. You may not play it as often as other cd's in your collection, but when you do play it, you'll appreciate the multi-level quality of this music for years.
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Rick Calic
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