Reviews for Ernie Mansfield
“Well, I finally got around to listening to your tape, and I must say that I was really very pleasantly surprised and that I enjoyed listening to the cuts very much…you have a very lyrical gift and compose in a very refreshing, tuneful style. I thought all of the melodic ideas were interesting and not at all trite…I think it’s very pleasing music of its genre…I’m pleased you gave me the chance to hear it.”
~ John Adams, composer
“You are a brilliant musician…Best of luck to you.”
~ Ed Decker, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco
“The true musician, one who makes music for the sake of music itself, is a relatively rare ship on the sea on commercialism. Yet there is something universal in the true musician’s sound that transcends category and defies description. American-born and Paris-bred, jazz fusion flutist Ernie Mansfield is, in the tradition of Mozart, a prolific composer and an improviser par excellence…Suffice to say, Ernie’s music is highly diverse and entertaining; because it is performed with love and humor, it is also an experience not to be missed.”
~ Peter Burr, Marin Community College/Arts & Lectures
ERNIE MANSFIELD: Windsailor (Catero Records). “For this disc, flutist Mansfield has penned six tunes, all with a contemporary jazz flavor. He is backed up by an extremely fine band…Needless to say he is a wonderful player…”Dance of the Midnight Air” is an energetic and interesting piece with the melody double-tracked so that Mansfield’s flutes are in harmony…”Colorbook” is especially soothing with acoustic guitar, conga drums, and synthesized bird sounds. This is a tasteful, colorful, and varied album. Well recorded, top notch players—I’ll be listening to this one again.”
~ Steven Dillman, “Op” Magazine, The Independent Music Magazine
“Fred Catero’s new label is dedicated to offering ‘recordings of exceptionally talented people whose efforts deserve to be released and enjoyed without regard to commerciality.’ Certainly Ernie Mansfield’s composition and flute playing fit the bill. He has a beautiful sound, ample technique, and has written all the material on the album.”
~ Dick Conte, Bay Area Jazz Society
“Bernie and I want to thank you for generously contributing your talents and energies to the making of the soundtrack of this very important anti-nuclear feature documentary [‘Dark Circle’].
~ Gary Remal and Bernie Krause, composers
“…those who enjoy music on the Windham Hill label would enjoy this recording…the sound quality is excellent…the music [Mansfield] and his associates produce is a step above the standard MOR Jazz…there is some nice use of [Glenn] Cronkhite’s percussion (he might be remembered for his work with Art Lande)…Leader Mansfield is a musician to watch out for.”
~ Carl Brauer, Cadence Magazine
“…a new album by Ernie Mansfield, a flutist, and Juan Bibiloni, a guitarist. It is called ‘ColorDrops’…These two have a kind of musical togetherness that is as rare as it is satisfying. The tunes are largely originals, although another jazz-Latin great, Egberto Gismonti, is represented by one tune and the album includes perhaps the anthem of this country’s musical love.”
~ R. C. Smith, Morning Herald, Durham, N.C.
“Spanish guitarist Bibiloni joins flutist Mansfield for Latin jazz-pop material that shows…prowess at both rhythm and riffing…swings effortlessly through Luiz Bonfa’s ‘Morning of the Carnaval’ and Egberto Gismonte’s ‘Loro’, demonstrating…deftness in both fast and slow settings.”
~ TM, Guitar Player Magazine