Eric Reed clearly reveres the rhythms and traditions of jazz and mixes in his own spiritually intense piano playing on his second cd. His style swings in a completely contemporary way while his effortless craftsmanship in the vein of Nat King Cole, Errol Garner, and Ahmad Jamal makes Eric Reed one of the astonishing young musicians to revive jazz in the past couple of years. On his dynamic and ambitious "Gemini Suite" Reed uses the zodiac terminolgy to organize a cycle of songs which reflect his personality.

"You can hear the signifying of his having played in church all of the time." --Wynton Marsalis