“Each tune, including the familiar ones, sounds as if it were written with an orchestra in mind, rather than routinely retrofitted with a lush backdrop.”

“Avoiding the common trap of making the section sound like one instrument droning behind the soloist, Snidero’s arrangements have a variety in voicings, textures, dynamics and movements.”

“A masterpiece that shines radiantly in the history of ‘with strings'”

“No one has done it better than Jim Snidero with Strings”

“Regarding his achievement here, one must consider in most jazz-combo-with-strings recordings, outside arrangers made their contributions while the leaders concentrated solely on the improvising aspects”

“A masterpiece in the tradition of alto with strings”

“A stone masterpiece… Snidero creates the magic once thought to be the province of the Ben Webster and Charlie Parker “with strings” albums of the 1950’s”

“The charts are lush, evocative, and beautifully crafted, yet rhythmically complex and powerful”