Classic Quartet -Complete Impulse Studio Recordings

Wire (1/99, pp.49-50) - "...the defining documents in the musical...quest which he undertook during his abbreviated decade....the selling point is the drama underlying the group's evolution from 1962-65..."
CMJ (1/3/99, p.24) - "...the quarted had perfected a restlessly spiritual freeform swing that any jazzbo worth his or her salt has spent countless hours studying and enjoying..."
Entertainment Weekly (12/11/98, pp.74-76) - "...So great was the distance this band covered, it's easy to forget it was together less than four years. But that was the tenor of the '60s...when wave on wave of cultural change hit the nation faster than we could absorb. We're still absorbing them, as this magnificent music attests." - Rating: A