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JazzImprov NY - 3.1.08 NEW!
Cover story about B.D. and Apria Records by Eric Neyemer - read more
JazzReview.com - 3.1.08 NEW!
"There are many tunes to like...This album has shape and character. All of its elements are quite visible and totally brave." read more
Jazz Times - 3.1.08 NEW!
"Contemporary jazz guitarist BD Lenz's quartet lays down a funky, jamming vibe...integrating catchy good time grooves with moodier, blues-inflicted pieces."
JazzImprov - 2.1.08 NEW!
"["Straight Up"]...is so there, so ideal, so darn near perfect that it makes a listener want to head straight up there in a pilgrimage to quality..." Bob Gish - read more
Newark Star Ledger - 8.17.07
"...a solid guitarist and composer...["Straight Up"] features a distinctive contemporary style..." Zan Stewart - read more
The Daily Record - 6.14.07
"The recording ["Straight Up"] departs from his more fully arranged earlier efforts. The sound is stripped down with the aim of providing music that can easily transfer from the recording studio to a live stage performance..." Robert Hicks - read more
The Princeton Packet - 5.31.07
"There's a live vibe that 'Straight Up' embodies, an uninhibited loose style that allows the musicians to jam, much like a straigh-ahead jazz album..." Susan Van Dongen - read more
U.S. 1 - 5.30.07
"The new record ["Straight Up"] of Lenz's original tunes sounds full and crackles with exuberance..." Kevin L. Carter - read more
The NJ Herald - 3.31.06
"...With a heart for jazz and the abiity to diversify his musicianship Lenz may someday be an icon [too]..." Robert Price - read more
ContemporaryJazz.Com - 11.1.05
"...It’s a rare commodity to find a musician whose songwriting ability can match his technical skill..." Joshua Turner - read more
The Princeton Packet - 6.26.03
"...On Simple Life, Mr. Lenz's sophisticated playing belies his high-school kid looks balancing the smooth jazz sensibilities of Larry Carlton with the harder-edged jazz-rock fusion..." Susan Van Dongen - read more
JazzReview.com - 6.1.03
"[B.D.'s]...wide range of music experience pays off on Simple Life, a hodgepodge collection of different beats which is surely to treat any lover of the eclectic..." read more
New York Times - 3.4.01
"...Part of the reason for his accessibility is that he not only fuses jazz and rock, he complements it with warm chords of
funk, soul, and rhythm and blues..." Robbie Woliver - read more
The Newark Star-Ledger - 1.11.01
"Here are New Jersey musicians - 40 and under- who should be a big part of that state's future...Lenz is more into a contemporary, electric jazz-fusion style." George Kanzler - read more
The Daily Record - 5.20.01
"...Today, Lenz brings together his interests in funk, soul, R&B, rock, and jazz together in his music, which is clearly indebted to the influences of (Mike) Stern and (Pat) Metheny..." Robert Hicks - read more
All About Jazz - 5.1.00
"...The slower, quieter movements, the lightning-swift runs, and the overdriven wailings of explosive legatos and string bends all flow together as one thought. Lenz has mastered his instrument and his confidence overflows everywhere..." John W. Patterson - read more
The Trenton Times - 10.29.99
"...the recording is made captivating by arrangements fleshed out with layering and textures to match the dynamics. The arrangements go far in separating this production from those of other contemporary groups..." Curt Yeske - read more
U.S. 1 - 10.27.99
"...The tunes on the new CD, "Lost & Found", are fusion in the best sense of the genre; they not only fuse jazz and rock, but they incorporate elements of funk, blues and r&b..." Richard J. Skelly - read more
Suburban Life - 9.1.99
"...The music, all written by Lenz, features a melodic mixture of jazz, funk, Latin, and rock..." Hannah Rowan - read more
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