CHRIS GRECO
Standards, Vol. 1

“This knockout disc played by supreme multi-instrumentalist Chris Greco together with a tight three-man backing group is a sublime slice of different facets of jazz. They range from numbers written by Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Charles Mingus and Dave Brubeck. Greco leaves his own stamp on all nine tracks with some extremely impressive playing. Greco is equally at home on all his instruments and his modern interpretations of some old favorites and newer material is flawless. If Greco and his group haven't yet been snapped up by a major US record company then something is terribly wrong, they deserve world-wide exposure. It's a real ear-opener and essential listening.” - Mike Cook, euroclubdejazz (U.K.) September 2003

"Standards, Vol. 1, y'all, is the sort of crazy, too hip, freaky, whoa-listen-to-THAT, jazz-plus material that got me so hip to Dave Liebman, Paul Motian, and other world class hipsters back when I was discovering not only ECM but also Brubeck, Miles, Weather Report, and all the rest of the cats who still have my brain jangled....Greco interprets classic jazz numbers in a way that makes you think he wrote 'em, and he grabs straight-ahead by the throat, jumps on its back and makes it dance, which is EXACTLY what ears like mine are forever athirst for." FAME Review, Mark S. Tucker, 8/15/2014.

9th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2014 - Reissue, Chris Greco, Standards Vol. 1

"Chris Greco Standards, Vol. 1 is definitely a winner for jazz lovers. A totally excellent jazz listen with some of the highest energy I've heard in 2014! A MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED." Improvijazzation Nation Issue 148, 10/20/2014

"Edgy with an Avant Garde Feel" 4/5 Stars - "Chris Greco's phrasing on saxophone, flute, and clarinet gives his new Standards, Vol. 1 an edgy avant garde feel. Solid is a potpourri of possible influences from post-bop to R&B/soul, juxtaposing musical genres. The free style flutter of his flute through Well You Needn't and You Don't Know What Love Is produces an attractive cyclone effect while Bye-Ya has him switching to the animate lines of his saxophone.Greco's sense of exploration puts spurts of kinetically charged improvisations into the compositions." Standards, Vol. 1, 4/5 Stars, S. Frances, 7/25/2014