Gerard Kleijn gives performances that are sensitive, imaginative, and innovative. European jazz has had its own voice for years and Gerard Kleijn's group is a fine example!
Jazz Review(USA-2004)

The Gerard Kleijn Group takes a downtown New York-approach: loose, funky and not too careful.  In this way they avoid the danger of an overly ‘tasteful’ approach to ‘jazz-meets-classical’. And yet it all makes sense. Jazzpodium/Dutch Press/november 2006

Kleijn understands the art of improvising on his instrument, within a structure that is not too pinched, but on the other hand is not so loose that you as listener lose your way. That makes this a production of the highest class. *****(Masterful.)
Music Maker/december 2003

Cadance spoke about the trumpeters distintive voice in an earlier review(2003)of Kleijn's 2002 ''Love Quotes'', and he continues to impress here. To his credit, he has kept his band together, and the coheseviness of the group shows, as there are consistently excellent contributions from each of the band members. It is Kleijn, thoug, who is the leader and dominant voice, and when it is all over, you cannot but sense that is he trumpeter worth getting to know .
Cadance/USA/april 2004

Trumpeter Gerard Kleijn and his band have made swinging jazz arrangements based on nine compositions by Satie. The result is less far-fetched than you might expect. On the contrary: replace the silences which Satie left in his compositions with, for example, a swinging beat and you hear: jazz! However, one thing is certain: Satie never sounded like this before.
Parool/Dutch Press/November 2006

The music on this recording is informed but not imprisoned by it's influences.The leader clearly has learned much from select models, and has also moved well beyond mimicry and towards achieving a distinctive voice!
Cadence - USA - David Dupont - januari 2003

 The result of this fusion, including Kleijn's own contribution 'Flow', is absolutely fascinating. This is due to the experience and creativity of these four musicians, who have delved into this unusual material with total devotion; it has led to listenable and swinging music. Jazzflits/Dutch Press/november 2006