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"Top Ten 2006" — Steven Loewy, Cadence
"Conference Call sounds like a band with one foot firmly in the Paris / Chicago axis of the late-60s BYG avant-garde sound and another keeping up to date with the tuneful, exploratory freedom of Wayne Shorter’s recent celebrated quartet. Ask yourself this: is there anything about that equation that doesn’t sound like a good thing?" — Daniel Spicer, One Final Note
"Recorded live at the Albuquerque's Outpost Performance Space at the end of a 2003 tour, this album reflects a band steeped in the history of small group jazz, while dedicated to exploring fresh possibilities. The soloists are uniformly excellent, and the group dynamic is of the highest caliber. If you have any doubts at all that jazz is still a vital, evolving form, this should dispel them." — Chris Kelsey, JazzTimes
"As on their previous releases, the group adroitly balances elements of
traditional and avant jazz, swinging and skronking with equal fluency." — Christian Carey, Signal to Noise
"... the quartet skillfully negotiates longish, complex melodic elements mixed in free jazz-like settings.... the music's groove swings hard, which should come as no surprise thanks to the presence of Fonda and Hemingway - both are able to straddle the fence between a funky groove and the avant-garde in a joyous manner ...solid modern jazz, without pretending to be anything else." — Bruce Carnevale, Coda
"...a kick butt record from start to finish...a compelling live performance..." — Linda Yohn, Listen Here! radio
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