"…Vlatkovich is the finest trombonist improvising today." - Jazz Review
"Southern California-based trombonist Michael Vlatkovich leads a power-packed trio… the musicians exercising quite a bit of give-and-take and push-and-pull with impacting contours, awash with spunky unison choruses, odd-metered time signatures and introspective passages…abetted by drummer Damon Short's (Chicago) furiously sweeping polyrhythmic fills, Jonathan Golove's (Buffalo) booming electric cello parts and the leader's hard-hitting lines. The unit abides by a shake, rattle and roll, progressive jazz manifesto via scrappy dialogues and solemn and softly melodic choruses…" - Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz
The TRYYO has performed at the Green Mill, Anagram Series and Hungry Brain (Chicago), Mexicains Sans Frontieres, Kerrytown Concert House and Blue Lake Public Radio (Michigan), Bop Shop (Rochester NY), Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) and the Center for New Music (San Francisco).
"This disc represents the state-of-the-art in free-trombone, and small group improvising aesthetics. Vlatkovich is a master of timbre-manipulation, free-swinging ideas and compositions that create a laboratory for musical interaction…Supported in this endeavor by the highly creative cello work of Jonathan Golove and the barely-containable drum dynamics of Damon Short, Pershing Woman will knock your head back from beginning to end… Every cut on this disc rocks, struts and swings…Essential listening for adventurous music lovers." - Robert Bush, San Diego Reader
more info at: www.vlatkovich.com
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