+ Cowboys & Frenchmen

"The ensemble is smart, cohesive, and credible... using virtuosic skills and rhythmic power to walk the line between irony and earnestness, with listenability as high a priority as group creativity.”
★★★★
Howard Mandel, DownBeat Magazine

"Innovative as well as inspiring. Electric and emotional. The artistry of the quintet is exemplary.”
Travis Rogers, Jr., Jazz Times

“Together, the band make a glorious sound – more like a larger ensemble at times – providing intriguing, innovative and sublime music.”
Mike Gates, UK Vibe

2018 M-Prize, semi-finalists
2017 Umbria Jazz Festival's Conad Competition, finalists
2016 DC JazzPrix, finalists

+ Bluer Than You Think (2017)

“Bluer Than You Think proffers a carefully and cleverly integrated diversity of musical sources and methods. An intriguing disc from young musicians who are very much on the rise.”
Steve Feeney, ArtsFuse

“The disc is overflowing with unpredictable melodic turns, unusual voicings, and unorthodox rhythms... The common denominators are originality and innovative improvisation.”
Ron Netsky, Rochester CITY Newspaper

“This is a first class sonic getaway that offers respite and salvation.”
Chris Spector, Midwest Records

+ Rodeo (2015)

“Cowboys & Frenchmen have compiled an innovative album that has all the musicality and originality that any quintet on the scene today would respect and appreciate. Five big stars.”
Geannine Reid, All About Jazz

“The possibilities according to this truly inventive group are limitless, especially when the music is imbued with intensity and imagination. This is music that is triumphantly modern, as these five young musicians demonstrate.”
Raul da Gama, DaGama Jazz

“What Cowboys & Frenchmen haz done is present jazz that is fresh and defies easy categorizing, and offers rewarding listening; a rare combo these days.”
Robert D. Rusch, Cadence Magazine

Radio Charting
The debut album from Cowboys & Frenchmen enjoyed the #1 slot on the CMJ Jazz Chart, and continued to chart for 12 weeks, including place- ment on the JazzWeek Top 50, breaking into the top 12 on the RMR Jazz Chart, being featured on NPR’s Morning Edition and PRI’s Jazz After Hours. Rodeo reached the #2 slot on the German iTunes chart, proving RODEO has global appeal.