"I've always loved watching Jay perform. He is a great showman and artist. He has captured that magic and much more in his new recording "All In Blue Time." I just love it! - Crystal Gayle

"No one does sax like Jay!" - Billboard Magazine

"All In Blue Time" is a lively, engaging, straight-ahead blues-tinged big band jazz album. It's great!" - Orange Country Register

"Makes the sax a household item..." - Northhampton Times

Jay Patten has a musician's voice. (Those voices are not only the most musical but also the most interesting.) I'm reminded of the late vocalist/pianist Joe Derise. He is also a Berklee-trained musician, playing alto, tenor and guitar. - JazzReview.com
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Patten has been in town for several years. When he arrived, he was great. But, Jay has continued to get better as time goes on. This album brings him closer to national recognition because the quality of songs, playing and arrangements are really strong. Take for example, "Our Day Will Come" (Ruby & the Romantics classic) really swings. Jeff Steinberg's arrangement really takes Jay's rendition into a class of its own.
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Jay Patten is a Nashville jazzbo who long ago traded the possibility of fame as a solo artist for the certainty of anonymous work in studios and on celebrity road trips. The whole time, he has kept his individual spark going by steadily releasing solo albums. All in Blue Time is the latest in a string of solo titles that began in the 1980s with "Impressions of Christmas."
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