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"This is a revealing study in immense assurance & total artistic lyricism...With a bent towards the imaginative...The adventurous....The deliberate...The open-minded."
-George W. Carroll/The Musicians' Ombudsman

"...a distinctive soprano and alto saxophonist with a gorgeous tone and a subtly personal lyricism...  Udden ranges from the linear grace of Keith Jarrett-like songs, through equally melodic jazz/rock to some very focused free playing.  Somehow, despite his gentle approach, his sheer musical presence imposes a kind of unity on what emerges...Udden lays down a marker as a player who deserves to be much better known."
-Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times, 4 stars

"With his beautiful, round soprano tone, saxophonist Udden lends a haunting sheen to tunes spanning the soothingly melodic to the jaggedly free."
-Modern Drummer

"...echoes of reedman Jimmy Giuffre on those early tracks, in their calm, quiet accessibility...  The package coheres nicely, and shows a side of Udden not much on display with the Either/Orchestra - one both cooler and more pop-oriented."
-Bill Beuttler, Boston Globe

"No longhair abstract jazz purist, Udden's music comes across as melodic and accessible."
-Rick Foster, The Sun Chronicle

"After the acoustic-jazz openers, the album takes a sharp left turn on 'Fish Lake' with two electric guitars (Tim Miller and Ben Monder) and Fender Rhodes keyboard (Leo Genovese).  With it's broad, majestic guitar chords and emphatic backbeat, it's one of the albums standouts."
-Jon Garelick, Boston Phoenix

"The Boston soprano player has earned kudos in New England, impressing Either/Orchestra fans with a lithe sound and insightful solos. His Torchsongs is a small wonder, full of color and daring." 
- Jim Macnie, Village Voice

"Udden steals the record; his sound is unearthly..."
 - Budd Kopman, Cadence Magazine

"..the furiously pased 'Fast Edd'...was absolutely made by the seemingly unquenchable sound of Jeremy Udden (small man, big sound!) on alto saxophone."
 - Philip Songa, The Moniter (Kampala, Uganda)

"...Yezemed Yebada had E/O venturing past cross-cultural research to forge a triad of Latin grooves over which alto player Jeremy Udden soloed in near-rapture..."
 - Frank-John Hadley, Downbeat Magazine

"Udden revealed keen instincts...underplaying or hitting hard at the
right moments."
-Bob Blumenthal, Boston Globe

"...Jeremy Udden's alto sax solo set a tropical mood, prompting one woman in a red satin skirt to wiggle onto the dance floor."
 - Larry Appelbaum, JazzTimes

"His gift is quite rare.  He has his own approach, with a clearly and rapidly growing development taking shape...leading perhaps, to an important synthesis of styles, and a highly personal improvising language."
 - Steve Lacy

"...[Udden] is among the best players in town..."
 - Jon Garelick, Boston Phoenix

"...Udden lets fly with an amazing line that never rests.  His sound is so pure that I had to remind myself it was a reed..."
 - Budd Kopman, Cadence Magazine

"Udden has a touch of Ornette grafted onto contemporary chromatic
modalities and a little of the tone of Lee Konitz."
- Grego Applegate Edwards, Cadence Magazine

"His playing is full of surprises and passion.  Jeremy is very creative and is developing a personal approach from a variety of models."
  - Russ Gershon, Accurate Records

"A hush settles as Jeremy Udden, with that unearthly tone of his, takes a solo with just pianist Greg Burk and some quiet drumming behind him. The solo is quite abstract and could easily be accepted as advanced jazz. The percussion starts coalescing and the tension rises, Udden starts playing multiphonics, the band plays interjections behind him, and the music on the pedal point reaches an almost excruciating tension until the main tune reappears again to wild applause."
- Budd Kopman, allabout jazz .com

"...particularly noteworthy is Jeremy Udden's alto exhibition that twists and winds around the horn tapestries."
 - Jay Collins, One Final Note