Dan DeChellis / Improviser | Composer | Pianist

Quotes/Press

"… untroubled by the harmonic underpinning of jazz, DeChellis is following an entirely different route…Whether composition or improvisation is the best way to achieve them will continue to be a vexed question, but DeChellis adds to the mounting case for the latter's viability." -Richard Cochrane, Musings (UK)

"So many great free jazz players - especially pianists - have well-developed classical chops; players like Cecil Taylor, Borah Bergman, and Marilyn Crispell…. Dan DeChellis is another name to add to the list of fine free jazz pianists with a classical orientation." -Chris Kelsey, All Music Guide

"Cerebral/visceral music…jazz performance of the year, 1999…. fascinating and rewarding" -Stu Vandermark, Cadence

"Architecture and structure…explorations of form" -Steve Koenig, La Folia.com

" The energy of his playing does restlessly tug at the bridle of structure" -Keyboard Magazine

" DeChellis has staked out his own territory...somberness, feistiness, wit and sure resonance. DeChellis has a very good command of timbre and dissonance." -The Improvisor

"Dan's music is full of energy and lyricism. He is truly an individual voice among improvising musicians." -Paul Bley

"DeChellis is a creative player; beautiful melodies, chords, and textures." -Megan Gass, Mixx Magazine

"DeChellis' improvisations are confident and intuitive; it's easy to follow his playing, even at its most disjointed, because you know he's going somewhere rather than noodling aimlessly…" - Splendidezine, George Zahora