Reviews

Philadelphia City Paper Published: Jan 9, 2008 The Unsung Singer The Antfarm Quartet doesn’t pander to its vocal minority. by Shaun Brady Jazz In jazz, the second a singer enters the picture, the picture itself tends to change. Landscape becomes portrait, with the vocalist front and center, the instrumentalists a supporting blur in the background. [...]

Antfarm Quartet: Centerpiece Track – Centerpiece Group – Antfarm Quartet CD – Dialogues, Pt 2 (Dreambox 1057) Musicians: Paul Jost (vocal, harmonica), Jim Ridl (piano), Tim Lekan (bass), Bob Shomo (drums) Composed by Harry Edison. Lyrics by Jon Hendricks Recorded: Philadelphia, 2007 Rating: 90/100 Rarely does a new jazz vocalist inspire me to open a [...]

AllAboutJazz.com Dialogues, pt. 2 The Antfarm Quartet | Dreambox Media By John Barron The Antfarm Quartet is an ultra-hip ensemble of seasoned east coast jazz musicians with like-minded ideals. On Dialogues, pt. 2, vocalist Paul Jost, pianist Jim Ridl, bassist Tim Lekan and drummer Bob Shomo demonstrate a collaborative penchant for soulful experimentation on a [...]

  Antfarm Quartet Perform for Somers Point Jazz Society – Story by Rebecca Grites; photo provided by Antfarm The Somers Point Jazz Society’s Winter Series keeps on putting out the coolest and most enjoyable names in local – and national – jazz music. This week, get down and dirty with some ants. Well, not really [...]

*** PAUL JOST REVIEWS *** Buster Maxwell – “Woman’s Journal”  “…relentless romanticism comes courtesy of Paul Jost’s stunning singing. His burnished, soulful vocals are remarkable – daringly inventive and freely expressive in true jazz tradition, but uniquely his own. In both the charted vocalization (wordless vocals) and improvised scatting, Jost’s musical soul shines. He nearly [...]