
Grasping for the Moon
Giess acquits himself nicely with lyrical, highly expressive trumpet work. - Bill Milkowski - Downbeat 2021
G.C. Weston of Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time, James Blood Ulmer and John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards.
A blast of firepower funk to end the day.
- Jim Hynes - Post Genre Media 2025
His easy chortle comes as part of the entire package of propulsive paradiddles, complex polyrhythms, and ferocious four-on-the-floors. - Jazz times - 2024

Grant Calvin Weston
Lee Clarke
Paul Giess
Timothy Ragsdale
