The Microscopic Septet: Seven Men in Neckties: History of the Micros vol. 1
Released October 10, 2006 via Cuneiform Records
In all seriousness, as amusing as all this is, it’s also virtuosic and absolutely brilliant. Although the Micros didn’t go unnoticed by the mainstream jazz world during their 80s heyday, these two rediscoveries ought to vault them to the prominence they so richly deserve.
–Lucid Culture (2008)
“A truly distinctive sound that pumps Basie boogies, zestfully shifts from tangoed unison to Dixieland discordance with Mingus precision and sax solos that reach Eric Dolphy free and Earl Bostic blue within the same tune; this is one band that can afford to be seriously original and share a playful humor”
– Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
“Posterity is going to remember the Microscopic Septet as one of the best bands of the 1980s.”
– The Philadelphia Inquirer
“…at once capriciously whimsical and deadly serious.”
– New York Sun