Mike Adcock

"What is great about this CD is it is so listenable and yet there are moments when the attention is grabbed and intensified by a particular interlude or solo – and there are many in the CD. This makes it not only worthy of a listen but also imparts a sense of care, understanding of the listener, not to mention clever arranging. This is entertainment. There are delicate little sections where the music is light and intricately woven countered by sections, which blow your socks off.  Naturally piano-led by Mike Adcock but also generous in the space given to the other instruments, this is one of those recordings where each listen brings a little more; a bit extra and another discovery, especially in the final track which is musical mastery." (from review of "Wanderlust" - Sammy Stein, Jazz in Europe)

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"What is great about this CD is it is so listenable and yet there are moments when the attention is grabbed and intensified by a particular interlude or solo – and there are many in the CD. This makes it not only worthy of a listen but also imparts a sense of care, understanding of the listener, not to mention clever arranging. This is entertainment. There are delicate little sections where the music is light and intricately woven countered by sections, which blow your socks off.  Naturally piano-led by Mike Adcock but also generous in the space given to the other instruments, this is one of those recordings where each listen brings a little more; a bit extra and another discovery, especially in the final track which is musical mastery." (from review of "Wanderlust" - Sammy Stein, Jazz in Europe)

"The Spontaneous Music Ensemble lineup of drummer/cornetist John Stevens and soprano saxophonist Trevor Watts can, for countless reasons, serve as the template against which many another freely improvising duo can be gauged. That's an especially pertinent point with Reduced, as multi- instrumentalists Sylvia Hallett and Mike Adcock have fashioned a dialog every bit as rarefied as the one that Stevens and Watts created......The results are extraordinary." (from review of "Reduced" - Nic Jones, All About Jazz)

"These are the contemplative and carefully conceived musings of an improviser who recognizes the worth of subtlety and silence." (from review of "Moment of discovery" - Cadence)

"This is honest, open, resonant music, sympathetically recorded. Sleep It Off could charm the birds from the trees, and might just do the same for you. Recommended." (from review of "Sleep it off" by MA & Clive Bell - Peter Marsh, BBC website)

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