Bryan and the Haggards Album "Pretend it's the End of the World"

BIGGEST SURPRISE JAZZ ALBUM OF 2010 - Steve Greenlee - Boston Globe

TOP 10 JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Wire Magazine

THE JAZZ SESSION PODCAST - Bryan Murray Interview

"In interpreting "Swinging Doors," "Lonesome Fugitive" and other Haggard classics from a free-jazz perspective, Mr. Murray makes them sound not merely heartbreaking but positively apocalyptic."
- Will Friedwald - The Wall Street Journal

"...their debut, is satisfying as both a commentary on Mr. Haggard’s music and a dispatch from the current jazz frontier."
- Nate Chinen – NY Times

"The album takes the tunes to places probably never dreamed of by the Bakersfield country-music star. ..."Swinging Doors"ambles along over a lazy country swing beat while saxophonists Murray and Irabagon inject a touch of the avant into the twang."
- Ed Hazel - Jazziz Magazine

"...a fusion of music no one envisioned. It’s often hilarious and always terrific."
- Jeff Simon - Buffalo News

"an odd marriage of the country music's iconic Bakersfield sound with free jazz... Really. And it works. Go figure."
- Dan McClenaghan - All About Jazz

"...from shit-kicking 2-beat country to hellaciously rapid Ornette-style free bop and back."
- Dave Wyane - JazzReview.com

"Am I a redneck? Who the hell knows? Who the hell cares? ...I can't help but grin like a big damn idiot."
- Jordan Richardson - blogcritics.org

"...takes country music to places usually inhabited by the likes of Ornette Coleman with fierce improvisations and outrageous inventiveness." - Steve Horowitz - popmatters.com