Chris Cheek
Keepers Of The Eastern Door
feat. Bill Frisell, Tony Scherr, Rudy Royston
"Recorded at Power Station in New York by the renowned recording great James Farber live to 1/2" two track analog tape on a custom tube Ampex 351 at 30IPS and mastered by Bernie Grundman directly from the analog tape, this production is an analog record lover's dream come true. The sound is warm, yet detailed and vibrant, almost as if electronics were not at all involved.”
- Michael Fremer, Tracking Angle (Music = 10, Sound = 10)
"On this beauteous and deceptively understated gem of an album, ever-tasteful saxophonist Chris Cheek makes a gentle-but-firm alliance with another notoriously tasteful musician, guitarist Bill Frisell, in clean-tone mode. […] The result is magical. […] All told, the album is a thing of subtle beauty and neo-hip grace.”
- Josef Woodard, DownBeat
Chris Cheek
Keepers Of The Eastern Door
feat. Bill Frisell, Tony Scherr, Rudy Royston
"Recorded at Power Station in New York by the renowned recording great James Farber live to 1/2" two track analog tape on a custom tube Ampex 351 at 30IPS and mastered by Bernie Grundman directly from the analog tape, this production is an analog record lover's dream come true. The sound is warm, yet detailed and vibrant, almost as if electronics were not at all involved.”
- Michael Fremer, Tracking Angle (Music = 10, Sound = 10)
"On this beauteous and deceptively understated gem of an album, ever-tasteful saxophonist Chris Cheek makes a gentle-but-firm alliance with another notoriously tasteful musician, guitarist Bill Frisell, in clean-tone mode. […] The result is magical. […] All told, the album is a thing of subtle beauty and neo-hip grace.”
- Josef Woodard, DownBeat