"Trumpeter Chris Thompson surrounds the satin-smooth tone of his horn with an array of contemporary musical sounds... his melodies flow with open horn and a free spirit that respects lyric responsibility".
"Chris Thompson is definitely on the right track."
"This is a first-class collection of some of the finest, hard-to-categorize music I've heard... If I had to describe the disc to someone else, I'd call it a groove-heavy bit of world-informed Jazz, on top of well-integrated bed of electronica. But that's way too many syllables... Let's just called it sublime Trumpet-tronics... ".
"It's fantastic! and made me surprised because Chris composed and played all tunes by himself, SUPERB!!! talented trumpet player inspired by Miles Davis..."
The Mix is good and the Rhythm is jazzy and upbeat. However, the Trumpet is what makes the song. It is AWSOME! I love it when artists use the trumpet in electronic music. Great delivery, it shows really good musicianship.
Oh man this is great stuff. I love the way electronic can keep redefining the Jazz genre as if it was it's own origin. Amazingly nice trumpet... Just the way jazz should be : rhythmic music with lots of room for improvisation by more melodic elements. This is a pleasure for the ear. I always seem to like jazz and electronic mixed. Maybe I can put that down as one of my new tastes in music: Electrojazz. Keep up the good work.
From a review of the Maña CD, "Estamos Gozando", on the Dusty Groove America website:
"... and there's a really jazzy feel in the horn parts from trombonist Christian Kollar, tenorist Al Acosta, and trumpeter Chris Thompson -- a strong three-horn frontline who really make the record sparkle!"
Red Morning Rise was featured in the October 2005 editions of Swing Journal and the November 2005 edition of Record Collectors Magazine.
Cover of Swing Journal October 2005:
Cover of Record Collectors Magazine November 2005:
The review on page 59 right next to Herbie Hancock's new release, Possibilities:
