“The ensemble played with zest and skill...they know how to bend with the blues, and their jazz is a joy. These musicians seemed to be having a wonderful time...spending an evening with them was almost pure pleasure.”
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, on their January 2002 performance at Sheldon Concert Hall
“Elite Syncopation was a delight....It skillfully recreated ragtime numbers by Scott Joplin and other vintage pieces associated with such figures as Jelly Roll Morton and Paul Whiteman.”
The Hartford (CT) Courant, on their Sept. 1999 performance at Bushnell Memorial Theater
“The quintet plays with passion and feeling...Elite Syncopation is an excellent group of musicians who perform with pride and sophistication...with spirit, precision, dynamics, and accurate tempos.”
The Mississippi Rag, on their 1996 CD Sidewalk Blues
“Elegant interpretations of ragtime and early jazz....the quintet provides the most amusing and entertaining sort of musical education.”
The Martha’s Vineyard Gazette, on their 1999 performance at the Old Whaling Church Arts Center
“The high-style playing of the group demonstrated an easy familiarity with, and assimilation of, the differing styles of ragtime, early blues, habanera, Tin Pan Alley, and jazz.”
The
Buffalo (NY) Times, on their fall 1999 performance at Buffalo State University
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