...a fine example of the funkier side of jazz.
author: All Music Guide - Scott Yanow
Times 4 is an excellent and tight funk/jazz group. Both tenor saxophonist Lincoln Adler and keyboardist Greg Sankovich are expert at setting danceable grooves and, although Adler's originals are generally pretty basic, the music develops well and holds onto one's attention. The bass-drums team of Kevin Lofton and Maurice Miles is tight and the quartet often thinks as one. The live group improvisation "Down Low" is a solid and coherent change of pace. Seductivity succeeds as both funky dance music and a fine example of the funkier side of jazz.
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....grabs you like a magnet and never lets go.
author: All About Jazz
The quartet's exciting program grabs you like a magnet and never lets go. These players can hold your enraptured attention for marathon sessions, as they do on the album's live track, “Down Low,” or they can provide you with music to make your day a whole lot brighter, as they do on this highly recommended album.
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...some massive, creative jazz, fusion funk.
author: ContemporaryJazz.com
...what you should expect from this disc is some massive, creative jazz, fusion funk...It is like the Average White Band meets the Headhunters meeting Down To The Bone...No fluff, just mind exploring, but extremely fun, rhythmic music.
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This is sexy stuff!
author: The VibeMistress - Soul Sanctuary Radio
This is sexy stuff! Times 4 is a quartet that rides the line between jazz and funk to eargasmic effect. There’s stuff on this disc that will bring about the stank face as easily as it will make you snuggle closer to your chosen cold weather companion. So no, seductivity is NOT a real word. But these tunes will make you believe it is. Somehow the coined term seems perfectly appropriate to describe this sound.
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