Minnesota Monthly, Sept. 2007, p.32

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Not only are today's local jazz groups often ignored by our young music bloggers, but the artists' who stray outside bebop's boundaries are generally neglected by the older fans as well. Creative musician's can't win, but listeners can't lose with this enjoyably innovative quartet. In Fantastic Merlins, cellist Jacqueline Ultan (Jelloslave) and bassist Brian Roessler lay down an abundance of low-end that's cinematic and spooky. Over that, saxophonist Nathan Hanson and percussionist Federico Ughi gently weave and moan. But throughout this smoldering 10-song program, the melodic instruments veer in and out of each other's tonal range for a bewildering exploration that's often solemn, and organically psychedelic.
Jim Meyer