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“One of 10 Future Female Jazz Star...” -– jazz.com "I absolutely love this CD. It has intelligent, creative arrangements with a diversity that provides interests for a wide spectrum of jazz fans. It is so great to discover someone new to bring a freshness to the sound of radioIO. The tracks of "New Ground" will be on the front burner of radioIO REAL Jazz for a long time.”-- Michael Matheny, Program Director & Host/ radioIO REAL Jazz "Great stuff!"-- Bob Cochran, Jazz Director / WMPG - Portland, ME “Speaking of taste, bassist Iris Ornig's New Ground has a gorgeous feel. It's powdery soft and loaded with gentle energy and cat-like exuberance. Ornig has a spiritual sensibility, and her pulse-like bass drives home shrewd originals and cagey harmonies...” -- Marc Myers / Jazzwax “This album is a nice surprise. It's good to hear a contemporary group that's not just out to peel the paint off the walls. This is a very tasty set.” -- Terry MacDonald, Jazz Director / WSCA - Portsmouth, NH “I love the bass and female bass players even more and she’s got chops!” -- Elizabeth Farriss, Program Director / KEWU – Spokane, Washington “...her influences are eclectic, her approach to jazz is straightforward, combining inventive, wistful melodies...”--Madeleine Elfenbein / New Yorker ”Really fine music!”-- Bill King, Producer, Host / ejazzRadio "Bassist Iris Ornig creates hypnotic harmonies: Especially in a folk ethnic way. She is composing and playing in New York City with a profound harmonic balance." -- Dick Crockett, Host / “The Voice” 88.7 fm “Iris Ornig is a very talented composer, arranger and Bass player...” -- William Dwyer / Golf Coast Music Review “New Ground in one word is ‘Elegance’. Superior musicianship, tasteful and beautiful...” -- Echoes / Inside for Independent Artists-blog.discmaker.com “Ornig's original pieces highlight peaceful settings and convey a smooth landscape...” --Jim Santella / All About Jazz “Tolle CD!”- Peter Bürli, Redaktionsleiter Jazz / Schweizer Radio DRS2 This is a terrific album, full of contrasts, but always engagingly musical“Tolle CD!”- Matthias Kirsch, Head of Music / JazzRadio 101.9
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“During her captivating set, young bassist Iris Ornig focused on original compositions  and performed several newer pieces at the Hartford Jazz Festival 2010 that bode well for her future, both as a writer and as a performer”  -- Chuck Obuchowski / Hartford Curant

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