SHORT REVIEWS Click on link to view entire review "Mitcheltree's tenor is soulful, swinging, and street smart." Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide "Inside you'll find discipline, history, and a whole lot of heart."John Barrett, JazzUSA.com " ...Mitcheltree's performance was a triumph..." Chuck Berg, Topeka Capital-Journal "He is a master storyteller with the tenor sax..." Jared Donze, Iowa City Icon "...the saxophonist is aggressively adventurous and most expressive...Mitcheltree evokes hearty tones from his instrument as he masterfully interweaves unexpected lines to create fascinating sound tapestries at any tempo." Nancy Ann Lee, Jazz Times "...one of the area's best young tenor players...His album "Brooklyn" (Dengor) is one of the better records of the last two years." Martin Johnson, Newsday(NYC) "Dennis Mitcheltree plays the tenor saxophone with steady self-assurance." Deni Kasrel, Jazz Times "This is well-conceived music that challenges and swings." George Klein, Southeastern Michigan Jazz Association Update "Mitcheltree's quartet is definitely hard-core NYC: tough sounding, aggressive, and complex. They swing hard, even at midtempo, as though all of them were percussionists, which infectiously pulls the listener into their complex conversations." Dave McElfresh, Jazz Now "If you like your jazz virile, vital and post-bop, remember his name. To the names of Milwaukee's rising national jazz stars - including David Hazeltine, Brian Lynch, Carl Allen and Arriale - add Dennis Mitcheltree." Mike Drew, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "...music that's new, bright and original." John Wooley, Tulsa World "...intense and highly energetic." Chris J. Walker, Strictly Jazz "Dennis Mitcheltree is an impressive tenor saxophonist..." Thomas Woertche, Jazz Podium "Mitcheltree is a strong player and equally talented composer." Michael J. Renner, St. Louis Post-Dispatch "...an awesome recording that every jazz enthusiast should become familiar with. This should be on your must get list; I have become a fan with the first listening - you will too." Michael L. Bolden, Brooklyn Advocate "...he possesses a very tuneful melodic voice. Mitcheltree's tone is quite lovely...He's a solid player, all the way around." Chris Kelsey, Cadence "He strolls with an elegant sound through the history of jazz in the classic saxophone trio format, and on a few tracks in a quartet setting with piano. Along with his reverence for the jazz masters he has an enthusiastically fresh approach to his music." Volker Marquardt, German daily newspaper, TAZ Hamburg "His original compositions are inspiring." Robert Fisch, Jazz Friends Review "He's a player whose appeal resides in his effortless textural patterns and unbroken tone..." The Jazz Report "...an exquisitely new sound..." Leo Tignini, Brooklyn Advocate "...emotional and virtuostic soloing." Quarter Notes CD Review "BROOKLYN by Dennis Mitcheltree is, without doubt, the best piece of independently, artist-produced jazz of '96, skillfully composed and executed by a fellow who I consider to be a talent very deserving of wider recognition." Daniel Kozak, Cyber City Magazine/Music-Real Jazz "...it is determined to entice you with its melody." Tammy Childs, Cyber.City Magazine "...talent like this will rejuvenate jazz for another generation." Chico Jazz Radio "The music is beautiful." Shlomo Israeli, Israel Broadcasting "...in fine form with a voice of his own." Jim Santella, Marge Hofacre's Jazz News "...the highest quality Jazz music I've heard for quite some time." hEARd Magazine "Another Young Lion." Len Pace, WLRN-FM Jazz 91.3 "...the spirit of the new jazz tradition." New York Post "...acoustic and creative--and able to raise the spirits and minds of young people with an aesthetic sense." Anthony J. Agostinelli, The Network "This CD feels like present day Brooklyn, fast, adventurous, modern, big." Cathy Austin, KZSU Radio "...a first rate quintet." Wayne Robins, New York Newsday
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