“I thought I’d stay for just a few tunes but this band drew me in with their imaginative
compositions, arrangements, and solos, which combined 60’s go-go beats, rippling West African dance patterns, srrealist swinging carnival music, and hypnotic middle eastern trance songs. I picked up a couple of their CD’s on the way out so that I won’t forget Paul Neufeld’s rocking “The Human Blockhead” or Michael Occhipinti’s shimmering
high-wire tribute to “The Great Farini.” Larry Appelbaum
JazzTimes “I really enjoy playing with bands that have their own thing together, and NOJO
sounded really good to me.” Joe Lovano
“The Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra is a Canadian treasure…there is a sense of joy
in NOJO’s playing. You get the impression they are really having fun.”
Frank Rubalino
Cadence
|
“These guys are really something.” Ray Anderson “Freewheeling and yet remarkably controlled, with NOJO anything is possible” Richard Moule
Exclaim On Saturday, it was the Canadian group NOJO that, with special guest Don Byron, delivered a pleasant surprise. Music lovers put all their cards on this concert, and with reason as would be proved; the 10-piece NOJO traveled through the world of music, built numerous shelters for free improvisation and was above all, the sound carpet for clarinetist Don Byron…NOJO and Don Byron hit you in the depths of your soul. Rinus van der Heyden - Brabants Dagblad |
