"Powerful. A starkly beautiful, almost unbearably moving chamber opera."
-Paul de Barros, Seattle Times
"...the acoustical rendition of a Jackson Pollack painting."
-Mark Petersen, Twenty-First Century Music
"There’s a warmth and humanity that sets Baker’s music apart from that of so many other similarly-inclined ensembles. Not content to be another ECM or Knitting Factory sound-alike, Baker and his band have clearly given their music a lot of thought and come up with a winning non-formula.
-Dave Wayne, Jazz Reveiw
"If Baker lived in New York instead of his native Seattle, chances are he'd be a fixture on the downtown avant-jazz scene."
-Time Out New York
"High art or lowbrow, serious, entertaining—fit for a concert hall or suitable for a club? Tom Baker’s music is stepping over these archaic lines of divisive thinking."
-Amy Rubin, New Music Box (American Music Center)
"Tom Baker is a guitarist and skilled colorist with an impeccable ear for sonic and expressive possibilities."
-Gavin Borchert, Seattle Weekly
"...creative, free, and, at times, funky... [TBQ] pushes the musical envelope..."
-All About Jazz
"...brilliantly collective...these tunes have an internal spring-loadedness that's electrifying."
-Earshot Magazine
"...trippy, jazz-hued soundscapes..."
-Guitar Player Magazine
"...a delicate, eccentric compositional sense and a tendency toward unruly improvisation."
-Time Out New York
"Tom Baker's music plies the shadowy territory between form, isolation, and silence."
-Christopher DeLaurenti, The Stranger
"...the best blend of composer, player, and instrument I've ever heard from a fretless guitarist."
-Ned Evett, Fretlessguitar.com
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