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Laura Dreyer's new disc "Free Flying Bird" first came to me over the speakers at J and R Records in Manhattan as I was browsing through the bins looking for interesting finds. I found a few, but the most interesting find of all was Dreyer's disc, with its infectious latin rhythms and outstanding playing.
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Laura Dreyer: Free Flying Bird (Sony Music Latin) In this delightful release, saxophonist/flutist Laura Dreyer captures the feel and flavor, the very essence, of her specialty, Brazilian jazz. An accomplished and varied ensemble skillfully performs eight of Dreyer’s own compositions, plus one by the eminent Brazilian master, Egberto Gismonti.
– Bob Bernotas, Just Jazz

"Balmy bossa-influenced jazz-pop from a pretty San Francisco native whose sax and flute playing do indeed suggest she's learned a bit from Milton Nascimento and Gilberto Gil records...smooth, but not that smooth. The Beatles cover is quite tasty.
- Chuck Eddy/Village Voice

"Laura Dreyer currently leads a funky Brazilian group called Mysterious Encounter. The music has a contemporary feel to it without being as vacuous as so-called "smooth" jazz. In fact, Dreyer's roots in be-bop are apparent, even on the funkier numbers. Laura Dreyer is clearly a talented musician. This is a strong debut.
- Scott Yanow/L.A. Jazz Scene

"Laura Dreyer is a very serious and passionate saxophonist with a lot to say…she has been on the New York scene for quite some time and has her own voice and personality that delights!"
– Joe Lovano

"Outstanding soloists were...Dreyer, wherever she played, powered by a Stitt-like attack"
- Ira Gitler/Jazz Times

"As the 1998 International Jazz festival at Bern, Switzerland got underway this May, you couldn’t help but notice that a big band cutting contest was in the making....Diva’s set included superb solos by Laura Dreyer"
- Keith Brickhouse/Downbeat

"...these women are awesome (especially the alto sax/flutist Laura Dreyer--remember that name ‘cause you’ll be hearing more from her)" - H.K. Jones/IAJE Conference

"Laura Dreyer and Stephanie Long, as down-center woodwind artistes Peggy and Juice, respectively play three and four instruments with a quick-change panache and stolid intensity that instantly identify them as perhaps the two most important instrumentalists in the 28-person company” - Matthew Murray/Talkin' Broadway

"Laura Dreyer’s searing alto was equally hot" - Chuck Berg/The Topeka Capital-Journal

"When blonde Laura Dreyer comes up front, cocks her hip and begins to sear brains with her hot alto sax work, isn’t that picture bound to get special attention from the men in the audience?"
- Lee Brown/The Other Paper

"...the piece was a blowfest for alto sax player Laura Dreyer, the band’s best soloist, who tore into the changes accompanied only by the drummers Elvin Jones-ish bashing"
- The Virginia Pilot

"Altoist Laura Dreyer and Maricle moved across separate territory. Using the same map, they rejoined the band with an intensity that swelled to the stratosphere leaving many in the audience breathless"
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

" Joining Milito and Drummond through the month of September at the Inn at Spanish Bay is Laura Dreyer, a talented east coast jazz artist on flute and saxophone...the chemistry is definitely there"
- Stephen L. Vagnini /Coast Weekly

"Laura’s in the band because she can burn. In fact, the first time we played together, she smoked me"
- Tom Murray/Saxophone Journal