Album Notes

Island Jazz Quintet has just released its third album, “Who knows,” to a standing–room-only crowd at the Crepe de Paris in downtown Seattle.

What critics are saying,

Laird’s title track is “swinging, shuffle jazz reminiscent of ‘50’s grooves a la Art Blakey, with original and engaging lyrics.” -Taxi

“You guys have really hit your stride. I know by the fact that the originals are the best. "Bluelike" and "Just Call Adrienne" could be right out of the Messengers playlist.” -Voice of Vashon Radio

Just Listen to the personal touches and humor the band adds to "What A Little Moonlight Can Do," to see that this is a group that should be selling out shows all across the country. -Victory Review, Nov. 06

No one ever called Vashon Island, a short ferry ride from Seattle, a hotbed of innovative jazz—no one, that is, except Island Jazz Quintet. Meeting and growing in a place that is the antithesis of bright lights and glamour gave the band a chance to develop its style in peace. That style combines improvisational jazz, bossa nova, and a smoky hint of cabaret in distinctive clean arrangements that lead Victory Review to note, “Vashon Island boasts a group worthy of national attention. This quintet would be right at home in a New York cabaret.”

IJQ has recorded two critically acclaimed CD's, garnering airplay on radio stations all over the country. Of the second disc's title track, Jerome Wilson of Cadence Magazine writes, "Youkali" is a French-Arabian tango sung and played with sensual zest, with Laird showing a good command of French and Person really smearing his trumpet...

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