Up and Comers - 2021 Musicians of the Year - Dahveed Behroozi
-New York City Jazz Record
Quotes
"A composer/improviser in possession of important new understandings about lyricism and about the conjuring of haunting atmospheres. He is a pianist who gets under your skin."
-Jazztimes
"Dahveed’s deep musical knowledge and devotion to his craft shine through his playing, which is often intense and immersive"
-Fred Hersch
"What's undeniable is the intrigue this pianist can conjure"
Nate Chinen
“His performances are stunning, his interpretations astonishing”
Ursula Oppens
"Exquisite hybrid pianism"
-Jazz Trail
"Behroozi channels an expressive sense of mystery through his performance. With a driving rhythmic edge and a provocative use of compelling harmonic colors, Behroozi is one of the most creative voices today"
-Metro Active
On Echos
“Echos is stately in its chamber-music aesthetic, and leisurely in its contentedness to savor the many colors and textures the players engage in with solemn, expressive purpose.”
-Downbeat
"A deeply atmospheric mode"
"Echos isn't quite a set of songs so much as an ever-shifting lake of sound"
"This trio is a dream team. Echos is an exceptional piano trio album"
-All About Jazz
“a magically immersive, often haunting, stunningly improvisational suite of sorts.”
-Lucid Culture
"Like ink poured into a glass of water, it swirls around, coiling and filling the space and gradually achieving balance, creating something that’s dark, but still translucent."
-Stereogum
On Standard Fare
"Here and elsewhere, Behroozi's playing is stellar and constantly engaging. As well-known as the compositions are, his takes on them are imaginative, inspired, and, best of all, unpredictable. One never knows exactly where he'll take a given piece, but for sure there'll be surprises along the way."
-Textura
“Dahveed Behroozi is a gifted, fearless improviser who shares with Zeitlin a faith that standard repertoire can be a prism for creative refraction”
-Stereophile