Elina Duni Quartet mesmerizes with a unique amalgam of Eastern European tradition transposed to a modern Jazz key, a group sensibility that goes far beyond singer and typical piano trio backup. The music is tender, quietly sad, meditatively intimate and passionate in turn and Elina is a vocal stylist that deserves to be heard. This is lovely music, lovingly rendered. She shows that the singer and band formula need not rely on stale, endless reiterations of the past but can strike out on new roads that synthesize different styles and world sounds. Excellent.
 
Grego Applegate Edwards, Cadence