Peter Beets - Quotes About Peter Beets

Quotes About Peter Beets

• " Outstanding compositions", "fantastic timing", "brilliant" Jazzreview

• " Such an awesome talent should be cherished and applauded, as it isn't an everyday occurrence. Beets is a fully grown monster, and it may not be long before Jazz lovers on both sides of the ocean become aware of that." Jack Bowers, Cadence Records

• " The best young pianist I've heard in the last ten years. Beets leaves nothing unsaid. He swings with authority, creates constantly, improvises as though he was born doing it, and all of this with a light and lithesome touch. He's so good that it would make little difference what tunes he chose. Peter Beets is going to scare the hell out of some people." George Fendel, Jazzscene

• " The title of one of Beets' originals -"Admirable"- is an appropriate metaphor for all of them. Stylistically, he's a lineal descendant of such quintessential boppers as Bud Powell, Hampton Hawes, Bobby Timmons and Wynton Kelly and is closely attuned to their modern progeny but with a lyrical outlook and rhytmic conception of his own underscored by tasteful, cogently structured lines that always swing and a technique that rivals anyone this side of vintage Oscar Peterson." Jack Bowers, Cadence

• " Strong playing", "exciting solos", "straight ahead excellence", "a world class jazz act" Austin American Statesman, Down Beat

• " World class improviser" Ted Panken, Down Beat, Jazziz, WKCR