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Award winning local jazz musician treasures time with Grammy greats
"The enriching experience at the Governor’s School stayed with him, and he accepted a teaching position ... he realized he had an opportunity to share what he’d learned from people such as Clark Terry, Quincy Jones and Mulgrew Miller"
DownBeat Magazine
Justin Kauflin's Live Adventure
"...the prodigy label can paint such a lofty portrait of Kauflin, even as it aptly describes the Yamaha Artist’s exceptional musical skill. Kauflin, deeply kind and humbled by the praise and caliber of musicians in his orbit, is — as he puts it — just a “simple guy.”
"Justin Kauflin is a jazz pianist who favors a clarity of touch and ideas ... his writing is balanced, tempering post bop tendencies with the assurances of the gospel church" NEW YORK TIMES
Times
"What separates Kauflin from the others is the soulfulness of his repertoire ... This is a musician who wants to do more than make you admire his virtuosity" THE TIMES
“Kauflin’s execution, his ability to ripple waves of notes from the keyboard flawlessly and evoke colorful meadows of sound is unequivocally superb” DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
"He can take a simple motif as the Beatles' Day in a Life and make a swinging concerto out of it" LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Dedication is a testament to sheer brilliance of technique and unbridled imagination" WORLD MUSIC REPORT
"With Introducing, Kauflin has immediately established himself as a stellar jazz player, composer, leader and producer. He has a touch and imagination that is immensely appealing..." JERSEY JAZZ
