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Review Highlights

  • "He's One Bad Cat",
    - CJ Bahnsen, OC Weekly

  • "Joe Pass ... also speaks highly of a young protege, Frank Potenza"
    -Leonard Feather, LOS ANGELES TIMES

  • "Dizzy Gillespie's efforts inspired his cohorts ... Frank Potenza's guitar work was shiny and wringing."
    - Zan Stewart, LOS ANGELES TIMES

  • "Particularly impressive in his solo venture of the night was guitarist Frank Potenza, whose fluid style accentuated solid jazz intuition"
    -A. James Liska, DAILY NEWS JAZZ CRITIC

  • "Potenza's flowing mix of chords and single-note accents serve as a sounding board for (Sunny) Wilkinson's rhythmic play."
    -Bill Kolhaase, LOS ANGELES TIMES

  • "Frank Potenza and Sunny Wilkinson define musical chemistry."
    -JAZZ EDUCATORS JOURNAL

  • "Fine mainstream guitar work"
    - Jim Ferguson, GUITAR PLAYER
    MAGAZINE

  • "There is more than a hint of Joe Pass too, in Potenza's sophisticcated chord playing."
    - Adrian Ingram, JUST JAZZ GUITAR MAGAZINE

  • "He's one of those rare guitarists whose hands tell a story whenever they touch steel strings."
    - CJ Bahnsen, OC WEEKLY

  • "Potenza's unique take on what is really standard guitar playing shines as brightly as a well-polished silver dollar."
    - Francesca Nemko, JAZZ NOW
    MAGAZINE

  • "HEAT SEEKING Frank Potenza keeps the creative fires burning."
    - Andrew Gilbert, THE UNION TRIBUNE

  • "Potenza lifting the rendition off the ground with his guitar licks...Potenza again took off and we all had a good ride..."
    - Philip Elwood, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER

  • "Potenza seemed as if he could have gone on all night in a breathtaking solo that had the crowd whooping."
    - Steve Eddy, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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