Almazan knocks you down with brute force, touches your heart with lyricism and dizzies your brain with intricacy, all in the first minute of his five-minute piano epic, “Comet.” Halfway through 2013, here is a clear candidate for Record of the Year.

"[15] Jeff Simon of The Buffalo News observed, "Blanchard has always been a great trumpet player and a first-rate jazz composer both.

[10] Geraldine Wyckoff of Offbeat added "Terence Blanchard brilliantly continues his life-long exploration of jazz on his latest release.

As one would expect of a musician of his caliber, broad experience, talent and passion, the trumpeter, composer and arranger brings his all to every work.

"[16] Financial Times 's Mike Hobart mentioned, "Terence Blanchard’s absorbing showcase for his muscular and sensitive working quintet unfolds like the atmospheric film scores the trumpeter crafts for Spike Lee.