Barney McAll is a musical conjurer of the highest order
-CMJ WEBSITE REVIEW
There was a virtual absence of familiar bop riffs, extended bop harmonies or precise bop rhythms. Instead, Rosenwinkel's pieces offered turbulent, thickly textured waves of sound, mostly produced by Barney McAll's impassioned keyboard work.
- LOS ANGELES TIMES
Big Black Jet were the finest purveyors of vanish core in history
-GREG MOORHOUSE
Barney is a special piano player with that certain heart and touch, so he has great possibilities. He's a genuine musician, not just a skilled artist. There's a certain touch that I'm talking about. It's hard to explain, but he has that"
BILLY HARPER
Using space and simplicity, Barney McAll conjures mighty music
KEN MICALLEF
McAll manages to intelligently integrate pop elements into his music and deserves much wider attention.
- LOS ANGELES TIMES
McAll displays an immediate feel for each pattern and the stamina to sustain them without sounding automatic. McAll also
contributed some of the most successful solos, playfully blending his parts of the arrangements with bleeding voicings and
darting accents"
-THE BOSTON GLOBE
"(McAll's) ability to craft memorable themes is matched by a feel for the atmospheric..Now established on the intensely
competitive New York jazz scene, he plays here with some of the city's leading musicians.His music is utterly contemporary,
McAll demonstrating throughout that he is a talented composer as
well as gifted keyboardist"
- ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE
The revelation of the evening is pianist Barney McAll. Playing beneath the
liquid passages of (Dewey) Redman, McAll carefully kneaded clusters of notes from his hands that I found devastating. He explored ideas with a dramatic
flourish that had the audience in raptures"
-DRUM MEDIA
Ok... so keen that I was a week early to your gig at the Stone tonight... or 6 days, 23.5 hours early anyway. Looking forward to seeing you, and hope I maybe even get to meet Jenn (and maybe maybe even even Eli?) Have a copy of the artwork-less CD for you, though it's not out yet... not very good at all this post stuff, not very good at all...
Barney: of course! I will be delighted to perform at/cater your next Mojito party. Just FYI, I'm currently offering my services at half price in exchange for pool/mutha access. Best, Spanky.
Hey B- Craig says just e-mail him for the chart for the Sea. It would be wonderful if you covered it, as Sekou Sundiata the lyricist recently passed...
There is strength There is a part of us with passion Within the passion is the Dream.
Every dream is your own creation It is the power in your dream That gives you passion and life’s meaning. There is Power in the Dreams That brings our life into reality. So bring your full passions into your dreams. Life is not easy Your Dream can live forever. Take a little time for your passions Take a little time for your dreams There is power in Dreams.
Alas . Its June 29th I get there. Bugger. Will Jen be there ? Visited Jack yesterday along with the Dearys and Betty Nicole and Mum. Really funny. Are you coming to Oz via Japan ? XXXX
Sir Reginald Please tell me you will be back from Tokyo by the 30th June ?? Im coming to New York . My god imagine actually seeing eachother in your neck o the woods . Much love to you xxxxxx
Barney: I could not see your idea. Hope you are doing well. Recorded at Capitol Records "Studio A" yesterday for American Idol I-Tune Downloads of the 22nd & 23rd show. What a place, so historic. A day I will always remember.
