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  1. Chase Sanborn is a trumpet/flugelhorn player of exceptional talent, with a warm, inviting tone, fluid lyrical phrasing, and a style that always swings. Sanborn’s latest CD, Perking UP, places him in duo and trio settings with a group of world-class musicians: Mark Eisenman on piano, Reg Schwager on guitar and Steve Wallace on bass. Together, they create music that is sometimes cooking, sometimes floating, and always communicating on a very intense level. This is a delightful performance!

    Review: Jazz Review.com
  2. Chase Sanborn is an engaging modern jazz trumpet voice. On his new disc, Perking UP, his musicality and mastery of his instrument comes through as clearly as his brilliant tone. This is definitely a CD worth getting, and Chase Sanborn is a trumpeter worth watching!

    Review: Jazz Improv Magazine
  3. Chase Sanborn’s latest release is a pure delight! It features very fine soloing from the trumpeter, with echos of Clifford Brown and Chet Baker. The recording quality is superb!

    Review: ITG Journal
  4. Chase Sanborn has an appealing sound, a creative imagination and impressive technique. These performances enhance Sanborn’s reputation as a smooth, deliverate and conceptually grounded artist.

    Review: The Jazz Report
  5. Jazz standards provide a solid foundation for this group led by Chase Sanborn, an established figure in Toronto’s jazz world. The players demonstrate an ease and responsiveness that translates immediately into a swinging groove.

    Review: Jazz News
  6. Chase Sanborn offers a wonderful selection of infrequently recorded standards. Good taste wins again!

    Review: Jazz Canadiana
  7. Chase Sanborn exhibits the cultivated sensibility of a player at the peak of his powers.

    Review: Planet Jazz
  8. I’ve just spent the entire morning enjoying Chase Sanborn’s CDs. All I can say is WOW! Wonderful playing, outstanding tunes, fantastic interplay between the musicians, gorgeous sound production. Everything about these CDs is GREAT!

    Nick Mondello (Locust Valley, NY)
  9. Chase Sanborn’s new CD, Perking Up, entices the listener from the start, and never lets go. If you are a fan of jazz trumpet you must have this CD. It’s a classic!

    Review: The Live Jazz Report
  10. You’ve gotta love Chase’s swinging, easy feel! One gets a very geniune feel from his simple yet elegant tunes. He exibits controlled and precise technique without sacrificing soul. Very nice!

    C. Caleb Williams (Memphis,Tennessee)
  11. Chase has a great balance of intensity and relaxation, with flawless execution. The ballads are smooth and lyrical, and the bop lines are floating. He reminds me of Clark Terry, who is one of my all-time favorites.

    Steve McDade (Toronto, ON)
  12. Chase Sanborn’s warm tone and his ability to swing at every tempo makes him one to watch for!

    Scott Yanow-'The Trumpet Kings'
  13. Chase Sanborn delivers a smooth swinging performance, displaying his clean sound and crisp articulation. The rhythm section swings throughout while effortlessly supporting Sanborn’s sophisticated and laid-back style.

    Review: International Trumpet Guild Journal
  14. I can’t think of anyone, living or dead, who has a sound I like as much as Chase Sanborn. His intonation and attacks are killer!

    Mark Prather (Riverside, CA)
  15. Chase Sanborn has such a wonderful tone matched by great technique and ideas.

    Frank Mathewson (Toronto, ON)
  16. Not only is the playing great, but on this recording you can really hear the woody-ness of the bass, the strings on the guitar and the breathiness of the horn. It sounds like jazz should sound-nice and swinging!

    Andrew Scott (Toronto, ON)
  17. I am really enjoying Perking Up. I can’t stop listening to it!!! Great to hear such swinging, thought & sensitivity!

    John Weir (Orsi & Weir Woodwinds)
  18. Chase Sanborn’s new CD sounds really nice. Incredibly nice. Actually, I don’t think it could sound any nicer!

    Dennis Najoom (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
  19. I just finished playing Perking Up for the second time, and thoroughly enjoyed the whole CD. I love the choice of tunes and the variety of style. I give it five stars!

    Jack Long (Long & McQuade Music)

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