Quotes

We need people who can find their own source, within themselves, and create from there. This is the kind of people I want to be associated with, and Anders has got that. He’s an original, definitely.

Roscoe Mitchell

2002

Svanoe presents originality within the now decades-old tradition of free improvisation - a welcome, promising, and especially inventive presence as the music finds a new audience.

Neil Tesser, author of “The Playboy Guide to Jazz”

2002

Here’s a collection of compromises that includes some must-hear musical events.... “VII” is a bold baritone sax solo by Anders Svanoe.

John Litweiler, author of “Ornette Coleman: A Harmolodic Life”

Chicago Sun-Times

June 2007

Anders Svanoe’s extended baritone improvisation on “VII,” an ingenious statement that conjures the aural countenances of Harry Carney and Pat Patrick into a brilliant reduction.

Derek Taylor

dustedmagazine.com

Januray 27, 2007

Like Braxton and Mitchell, Svanoe is becoming a jazz conceptualist to be reckoned with.

Kevin Lynch

The Capital Times

March 6, 2003

Whip-smart Madison-based saxophonist Anders Svanoe is navigating the fine line between modern composition and jazz.

Isthmus Newspaper

Critics Choice

November 22, 2002

This one’s worth hearing (Lines and Spaces), and I’ve got a hunch this guy’s got a promising future as well.

Jason Bivins

Cadence

Januray, 2003