Andy Hunter - Trombone
Justin Wood - Alto Sax/Flute
Dan Loomis - Double Bass
Danny Fischer - Drums

Hot House Magazine January 2009 issue.

HOT FLASHES BY PAUL BLAIR

Finally, special praise to a quartet named Spoke (reedman Justin Wood, trombonist Andy Hunter, bassist Dan Loomis and drummer Danny Fischer) whose self-produced and self-titled album is one of the most inventive we've heard all year.


All About Jazz Review.
Spoke | Self Published (2009)
By J Hunter

In his liner notes to Spoke's self-titled debut disc, Matthew Lima wrote that this Brooklyn-based quartet is "constantly refining the art of the compromise... not into a concession or lowering of standards, but an intermediate between different things." He's half right: There are no concessions whatsoever on Spoke; however, the differences are what it's all about.

The thought that went into the set's twelve pieces is literally mind-bending. Classical music isn't just one of the musical sub-cultures Spoke visits on this long strange trip. There'