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"Smart and appealing new music...an astounding
mix...Newton is eloquent and passionate."
--Donald Elfman, AllAboutJazz-New York Read full review
"Newton’s your man whether you prefer your
jazz-guitar virtuosi rough or smooth. The tunes range from funk to totally #$%&*-d-up
(in the best sense).
--Village Voice
"...[Joel Newton] performs on a par with seminal
players like Bill Frisell and Ben Monder."
--Mark F. Turner, All About Jazz Read full review
"Unique group conception, great writing and playing, and deep
groove!"
--DD Jackson, pianist/recording artist
"Newton's conception is both broad and deep…One is an
exceptionally focused debut that seems to just hint at where [he] might go next."
--James Hale, Downbeat contributor, from ONE liner notes
"Improv- and prog-rock nuts no less than jazzbos should get a
sharp shock of recognition from this double-guitar quartet, a sort of Medeski, Martin and
Mahavishnu thing that cuts loose from tight heads to travel the spaceways."
--Village Voice
"Intergalactic travels...a new angle on
jazz-rock...introspective quietude mixed with explosive energy."
--Nils Jacobson, All About Jazz Read
full review
3 1/2 stars: "While also establishing sonorous melodies atop
Toshi Someya's Jaco-like, pumping electric bass lines and rendering melodious passages
with violinist Christian Howes, Newton enhances his line of attack with layered
underpinnings and a variegated assortment of wittliy designed compositions."
--Down Beat magazine
"Could JNS be the first great jazz-fusion band of the 21st
century? In a word, yeah...Free thinking and forward looking, JNS is guided by a
passionate spirit of improvisation..."
--Buffalo News Read
full review
"...an adventurous guitarist with chops to spare...
Joel has produced a well executed collection of original music that falls onto a musical continuum begun 25 years ago while remaining completely contemporary and invigorating."“Newton assumes the characteristics of a cat as he energetically plies the strings
with liveliness and agility. [He is] able to build a spark into a full-fledged fire with
his zingy solos…and spurts of psychedelic coloring.”
--Cadence Magazine
"...combines virtuosic instrumental skills, funky beats and
jagged starts and stops. Snaky, rhythmic riffs and futuristic sounds come out of this
guitar-led quartet."
--Listen.com
"A powerhouse of jazz-rock fusion, impressing with its intricate
compositions...sense of humor and absurdist view."
--Columbus Dispatch
"This two-guitar [quartet] forsakes their free-funk starting
place rather quickly. They've got places to go and vistas to see. But at points along the
way, they always choogle back to square one. In some books that's called focus."
--Village Voice
"Listening to [JNS]
"ONE" is the most fun I've had with my clothes on in a long time...packed with
novel arrangements and innovative grooves...57 minutes of ear-opening freshness and aural
satisfaction...one of the best bands currently playing music inspired by the jazz-fusion
of the latter 21st century."
--Julian Derry, from the John
Mclaughlin Archives
“I drove 10 hours in a
snow storm to play with them and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Energetic, sensual,
thought-provoking stuff! SEE THIS BAND”
--Christian Howes, violinist