"World events have conspired to make the benevolent Jazz mission of Rick DellaRatta more pertinent with each days newspaper headlines. With serendipity of such perfect alignment as to be uncanny........."

".........consistent with DellaRatta's previous materials, particularly his interest in Brazilian song, which he sings with flat non-dramatic softness. How Insensitive, from a performance at Birdland, implies ingratiating diffidence and due sensitivity with a staggering of the beat."

"The most direct reference to the objectives of DellaRatta's Jazz for Peace movement on the CD..... is "Jazz for Peace", on which he states his manifesto in the form of a poem that applies the music's "universal language" to the task of "reaching potential that we have in our soul". That’s a noble and interesting concept...........it does provide aspiration and ambitious goals for Jazz musicians worldwide."

Bill Donaldson - Cadence Jazz & Blues Magazine - April 2005

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