(Concert Review)"From the first chord…the room was flooded with the spirit that characterizes the lunatic Space Age Pop sound." —Claudia Itzkowich, PANAMERIKA

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2011

Best of the Year Discs for 2011 (The Unforgettable Sounds of Esquivel)—Audiophile Audition

Top CDs of 2010 —Bruce Lindsay

Jazz Favorite for 2010 —Mark Saleski

"…If John Zorn is an exotica Picasso, O'Neill is his Georges-Braque counterpart in cubism's transposition to music…as Braque may have been the finer cubist, O'Neill may be, in the long run, a stronger exoticist than Zorn." —Gordon Marshall

"…so beautifully interprets Esquivel's work" —Bruce Lindsay

"…a serenely intoxicating blend of third stream chamber sounds…" -Dan McClenaghan

"…Brian O’Neill’s group…may be one of the most inventive jazz groups running. " —BlogCritics Music
(I Hear Sparks)

"…borrowing themes from Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, Mr. Ho has created his own rigorous classical-jazz hybrid. Are you listening, Keith Lockhart?…"

"…The Orchestrotica, however, are crack musicians and bring a chamber jazz sensibility suggesting what the Modern Jazz Quartet might have sounded like had they lightened up and ordered a round of mai tais…"—Express Milwaukee

Top 25 Jazz Albums for 2011

"…a lushly nocturnal collection…The production is genius…"—Lucid Culture

10 Favourite New Releases from 2011—Project Moonbase

:…the exotica sound of the 50's has been updated, restyled, and lovingly rebooted into a freer new age of now…this quartet has style…"—Flute Focus

“…so spot on…mind-blowing…so impressive…” (about The Unforgettable Sounds of Esquivel

“…a really nice mood piece…I'm in love with it…” (about Third River Rangoon —Quiet Village Podcast

12/2010

"… something marvelous…The world needs more cool sounds like this…"—Carl F. Gauze