The word on the street is...

 

 

"Amazing Talent, great music, I love it!"

Brooke Becker

"Super, super tight. You guys have great tone and a helluva lot of chemistry. Not to mention great phrasing and patience. I guess you can say that I love your sound... "

R&B artist Kello Aman

 

"Sounds real tight, all the styles are great. I like the things you've molded after the HornHeads. The perfect horn section live or in the studio."

Walter Simonsen

Los Angeles, CA

Studio Session Player, Doctoral Student

"Hi Guys, Your stuff sounds great. That horn break on "Get Connected" is killin' and very effective out of the synth stuff. Thanks for sharing and good luck with your writing!"

Micahel B. Nelson

Trombone/Leader - HornHeads

Prince's Horn Section 1991-2000

www.HornHeads.com

 

"You guys sound GREAT, bro! Keep it up, man."

Carlos Sosa

Saxophone/Leader - Grooveline Horns - Currently on tour with Jason Mraz

www.Groovelinehorns.com

"Yeah, man, "She's Out Of My Life" sounds great! I love the chorale. "Off The Wall" is one of my favorite records of any genre,
all-time."

Dr. Gio-Washington Wright

Saxophonist, Author, and Owner of Jivepatrol Music, Inc.

http://www.lastudiomusicians.net/

"Being a trumpet player myself I tend to be extra critical of horn sections...especially trumpet players. Nothing bores me more than technically gifted musicians with nothing to say (sorry Wynton). So when I first saw the Brass Connection online I was expecting more of the same from some white dudes.

ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW! You cats got it going on! You have technique and you speak volumes as manifested in that funky syncopated ditty "Get Connected!" I think I must have replayed it ten times in a row . I loved it sooo much! It brought back memories of Seawind's horn section.

There's some new horns in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and they go by the name "The Brass Connection." I would hire you cats any day of the week! You 3 cats remind of the Breckers Brothers with a bone!

Ken McGill, the fearless leader and founder of the group plays a solid lead trumpet. He showcases his lyrical solo stylings on a beautifully arranged brass a capello ballad, "Bewitched." The bone/sax accompaniment leaves you unaware that its just the 3 horns interpreting this classic ballad. That's a great sign of a good horn section!

One reason I love this horn section is the presence of the saxophonist, Clay Pritchard. Rumors of this child prodigy at North Texas State got back to Los Angeles and I had to pull some of my not so old North Texas State One o'clock Jazz Lab CD's. It was rumored Clay was the 2nd coming of Michael Brecker. If you closed your eyes and listened to the track of "She's Out of My Life" made popular by Michael Jackson, you would swear Brecker was at the end of your ear hole! This brother can play!!! What a great interpretation.

Like most great single named musicians, its just implied that they transcend musical greatness. The trombonist merely goes by the name Victor. Don't know his last name and don't need to know. All I know that he's more than a great musician. I get the feeling that Victor is the glue that keeps things together. He definitely completes the trio of horns by holding down the bottom of the 3 part harmonies in a fashion filled with superlatives. Just listen to the way he fills out the chords in the soli work on the track "Fry Street Strut." Victor lays the bottom down! you da man!

If I ever get the opportunity to hear these cats live my ear hole will be left satisfied. I will definitely "Get Connected" with the BRASS CONNECTION. You definitely reminiscent of horn sections of yore with a fresh twist! Keep up the good work guys."

Yo bredda in Brass
T.J. Hudson - Los Angeles, California

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