Brian Blade Fellowship is an impressive debut as a leader for
Brian Blade, one of the best young jazz drummers of the '90s. Producer
Daniel Lanois doesn't follow jazz conventions, letting
Blade run wild and blend genres, as on "Folklore," where the adventurous, searching jazz meets pygmy chants. All across the album, there is the sigh of a steel guitar, which adds an unusual, exotic texture to a debut that is uniquely daring and richly rewarding. ~ Leo Stanley