"BEATLE JAZZ, With a Little Help From Our Friends" (Lightyear):
Magnificently produced and arranged by the percussionist Brian Melvin and the pianist Dave Kikoski, this is one of the best jazz records of the year."
(Mike Zwerin, International Herald Tribune)
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"Kikoski has firmly established himself as one of jazz's most distinguished pianists.
He is an exceptional, risk-taking interpreter"
(David R. Adler)

"Dave has so much feeling. He can play anything.
I can depend on him for so much, "
(Roy Haynes)

"David Kikoski is an awesomely gifted pianist, with a highly original approach.".
(Angus James Jazz on CD)

"In a few short years he has blossomed into one of a handful of youngsters in demand in the jazz capital of the universe."
(Stuart Troup)

"Kikoski is a musician who can swing forcefully as an accompanist and apply his adventurous harmonic ideas to various improvisational contexts,"
(Andrew Gilbert)

Pianist David Kikoski can be an ardent innovator or he can open an idea with delicious deliberation.
(Jerry D'Souza)

"David Kikoski is one of New York's busiest pianists. It's no wonder,
given his swinging, always spontaneous playing."
(Chuck Berg in the CD Reviews section of the September 2000 issue of Jazz Times)
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Dave Kikoski
"A technical and compositional tour de force, this album is
one of the undiscovered gems of the 1990s," according to
writer David R. Adler.

Almost Twilight
"Over the course of nine Kikoski originals this ensemble elevates
the standard piano trio format beyond the typical and routine."
( Chris Hovan,The Jazz Review)

Beatlejazz
"There's never been anything like Beatlejazz."
(Martin Johnson, Newsday )

Beatlejazz
"Beatlejazz utilizes the original melodies Judiciously as jumping off
points for extended improvisations that pay tribute to the songs without
trying to replicate them." (Billboard)

Beatlejazz
"compelling solos and arrangements ... great jazz players perfoming
fresh, uncompromising renditions" (Jazz Improv)

Beatlejazz
"Elegant" ( Jazz Times)