“Pianist Michael Jefry Stevens has been involved in many projects in his career over the past forty years. The Generations Quartet started out as a trio six years ago, consisting of Stevens with his long-time musical partner, bassist Joe Fonda and newcomer, drummer Emil Gross. The trio became a quartet with the addition of saxophonist (and Renaissance Man) Oliver Lake, perhaps best known for founding the World Saxophone Quartet with saxophonists David Murray, Julius Hemphill and Hamiet Bluiett.
Flow, the group’s latest recording, is a smoking, full-bore live performance recorded at Bunker Ulmenwall in Bielefeld, Germany on October 30, 2015, that can only be described as demonstrating what modern “creative improvised music” is all about and how such music can tap into the heart and mind of the listening audience.”
(BUDD KOPMAN; July 9, 2016; https://www.allaboutjazz.com)