13-05-2020 Le Soir
"A revised hard bop with a wide range of covers from Morricone, Golson, Shearing, Jobim and Ned Washington. This is really custom work, everyone is perfect in solos and interactivity with the others."
01-12-2018 Jazz Bulletin
"It is precisely this trio format that offers drummer Eirc Ineke many opportunities to demonstrate the subtleties in his play."
24-10-2018 Flophouse Magazine
"The Portuguese guitarist Ricardo Pinheiro gets inspiration from many sources, even Ennio Morricone. But it’s the way Pinheiro and his mates Massimo Cavalli and Eric Ineke treat standards that makes Triplicity remarkable."
05-03-2018 Jazz in Europe
"What makes this CD extra interesting is that it shows a piece of history of the tenor saxophone in jazz. In this case, an important aspect of jazz is clearly emerging. Big soloists have their own sound and put their unique signature in each piece of music. It is one of the characteristics of the art form that is called jazz."
06-12-2017 Rootstime
"A great CD that actually screams for a sequel because there is more of similar material available."
21-08-2017 All About Jazz
"This fine compilation of his work with nine of the great tenor saxophonists gives the listener a golden opportunity to listen to some of their best workouts and compare their styles and approaches."
03-07-2017 The Art Music Lounge
"A bit of bebop here, a touch of R&B there, and voilà, you have an omelet made with a couple of extra eggs and a splash of hot sauce! It’s a great conclusion to an overall fine album."
01-05-2017 JazzFlits
"Meets The Tenorplayers; Let There Be Life, Love And Laughter 'is a valuable collection of legendary tenorplayers"
24-04-2017 Jazzenzo
"'Eric Ineke Meets The Tenor Players' is an important historical document and can not be missed in any serious jazz collection."
18-04-2017 Flophouse Magazine
"Let There Be Life, Love And Laughter is a thoroughly enjoyable reminder of the swing and expertise that Eric Ineke has always brought to his gigs with incoming Americans."
17-04-2017 JazzFlits
"Drummer Eric Ineke is elevated in the Order of Orange Nassau. He received the Royal Award on April 1, his seventieth birthday, at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam."
11-04-2017 Het Parool
"Now that lneke is seventy, Challenge Records presents a nice compilation of recordings of Dutch and Belgian stages."
12-09-2016 Jazzflits
"''You can sometimes hear the time-pressure for this recording, but that makes it even fresher and gives it a nice 'live' sound.''"
24-08-2016 Music Frames
" ‘Is Seeing Believing?‘ is a wonderful jazz record – a splendid album for those who love the fine art of great jazz music!"
19-06-2016 Musik an sich
""The result [of this collaboration between Liebman, Ineke, Laginha, Cavalli and Pinheiro] is a very harmonious conversation with great and flexible vividness.""
17-10-2014 All About Jazz
"Cruisin' is an energy explosion from beginning to end. [...] The Eric Ineke Jazzxpress proves, clearly, that time has nothing to do with jazz labels. It is alive along the decades and its spirit, like Eric Ineke's, is timeless."
24-09-2014 Jazz In Europe
"It's my opinion that this quintet is now the best hard bop band in the Netherlands. - Peter Beije"
05-09-2014 JazzProfiles
"If you’ve not had the opportunity to listen to their music, you are missing out on one of the finest straight-ahead groups on today’s Jazz scene."
19-08-2014 Mpodia
"The drive, the dynamism, the swing and virtuosity, but also the accessibility still sounds like new and very contemporary."
