Michael’s expansive approach to the piano and composition takes you on an unexpected and immersive journey. In 'Barcode Poetry,' he masterfully weaves together a fascinating blend of human, animal, lyrical, and angular sounds, creating a vivid sonic landscape that is both captivating and unpredictable.
— Angelica Sanchez

Barcode Poetry is a musical and textural triumph … a feast for the ears. I plan to revisit this recording many times, highly recommend. Susan Alcorn is a national treasure, what an amazing musician.
— Andrew Bishop: saxophonist, composer; Professor, University of Michigan

a remarkably elegant collection of compositions and improvisations … improvising together in extended periods of time until the moment when it is impossible to tell what is improvised and what is written in their music. … The quartet even goes through the composition As a Metaphor twice, demonstrating different improvised approaches to the same idea and both times they are memorable, deep explorations of interaction as well as pure color. Double Memory, which closes the album, is so quiet, intimate, light in how it will touch the listener that it almost sounds like Morton Feldman who decided to try jazz. And I can't think of a higher compliment to pay this record.
— Mehmetkrljic, Cveće zla i naopakog (Serbian • English)

By entering their artistic sphere without expectations, we can be rewarded with fresh sounds and a cleansing of our listening ears.
— Jon Nelson: founder, Meridian Arts Ensemble; Professor, University at Buffalo