"Nolan and the Werner Trio are most definitely an excellent match. With You in Mind is at once an easy to listen to release and a deft, consummately professional work. Joshua Musselwhite of Jazz Improv Magazine calls Russ Nolan "a monster in a closet." He's correct."
– Miriam Allenson, Bergen News Music Review

"Tenor saxophonist Russ Nolan has proven his mettle as a composer and soloist. The melodies are sharp, the solo sections well-defined, and the ideas scurry around. First thing right is he made the CD with pianist Kenny Werner, one of the more creative musicians around." – Richard Kamins, Hartford Courant Blog Review

"When I see a Coltrane cover on a self-produced CD, I usually want to run and hide. I would rather listen to the Nicholas Slonimsky thesaurus of scales played on kazoo. At least that would be a change. But wait, these guys can play, and they don't just imitate old Impulse records. Kenny Werner and cohorts mesh brilliantly in the rhythm section, achieving a light swinging sound that serves as an effective underpinning to Nolan's fluid sax work. No copycats here, just smart playing by a top-notch quartet." – Ted Gioia, Jazz.com

"Jumping right in step with Kenny Werner's trio, Nolan (a local lad who transplanted to New York) just tears it up in big league fashion. This cat can honk a sax with the best of them and let's his chops fly freely." – Midwest Record Recap

"Assertive, challenging, intoxicating, undeniably progressive. The origins/stories behind each composition is very compelling, as evidenced in the release's liner note. Superb all-around recording." – The Jazz Nation

"Nolan succeeds in grand style on his auspicious and long overdue debut, Two Colors…Consider it Volume One in an ongoing series of good things to come from this talented saxophonist/composer."
– Bill Milkowski (Jazz Times & Jazziz magazines)

"Russ Nolan's new CD features great compositions and a great band that plays on the highest level of sophistication." – Kenny Werner

"A wonderful debut recording by a gentleman who has gone back into the woodshed in the past few years, dedicated to getting it right. Russ Nolan has composed some challenging music for this CD and does the job at a very high level. Hats off!!" – David Liebman

"Russ Nolan has matured into a saxophonist with a highly developed sense of melodic line, both in his improvisations and compositions, and the band sounds great."
– Chris Potter

"Nolan plays hard bop on an open fire with sophisticated soul, a quartet to meet all expectations, pouring over groove charts, as sand pipers and lemon tarts no longer apply this quartet plays it on the fly."
– Dick Crockett, "The Voice" 88.7fm
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