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Quotes & Reviews"...Jacam Manricks is " A Complete Artist Musician." He is an internationally known master performer, pedagogue, composer, arranger and clinician. In all of these areas he excels..." Justin DiCioccio, Assistant Dean of the Manhattan School of Music. "...I have found Jacam to be an extremely gifted musician demonstrating not only exceptional talent but also a seriousness and dedication to the pedagogy of music..." Dick Oatts, Professor of Jazz Studies, Temple University. "...Jacam is a very fine improviser and reader/lead player. He is sensitive to style, adapting his playing in accordance with any given musical environment..." Rich DeRosa, Professor of Jazz Studies, William Paterson University . "...Jacam Manricks impresses me as an extraordinary musician with the potential to rise to the very top in his profession..." Mike A Nock, Sydney Conservatorium of Music Lecturer. "...Jacam is one of the most talented artists I have seen in the past few years. He has absorbed the past, learned about the present and is ready to deal with the future as a saxophonist and equally, as a composer...." David Liebman, USA. "...Manricks's multi-faceted compositions are highly original in their harmonic and rhythmic language, and the complexity obliges the improviser to maintain strict relevance to the setting. As an alto saxophonist he has an austere sound and his improvising had such precision and rigour about it the casual listener could think everything was composed..." John Shand 'The Sydney Morning Herald' November 2nd 2006 (Australia). "...Enter Jacam Manricks - mellow, haunting. His lyricism was remarkable... Manricks introduced the first number of the second set with the warning “don’t try this at home”. Creatively titled Number One, it was a full-blown excursion to the avant-garde – a musical Jackson Pollock on speed. The audience loved it...Manricks always conveys the impression that he knows exactly where he’s heading and what he wants to achieve, but there’s absolutely no loss of spontaneity in the feel. He is clearly a highly skilled musician. His Doctor of Musical Arts, and an impressive record of composition, suggests that his knowledge is deep. His playing, his fellow musicians and his audiences are the fortunate beneficiaries..." Review by Brenton Holmes October 2007 |
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