“Fans of the fabulous pianist Lucian Ban and baritone saxman Alex Harding will rejoice that this dynamic duo is back, leading a quintet on Premonition. Joining them on this date are Erik Torrente on alto sax, bassist Chris Dahlgren and drummer Damion Reid. Ban did yeoman work on this disc, writing or co-writing all of the songs, doing the arrangements, and playing some damned fine piano along the way. The disc opens with “Harmology,” an up-tempo tune with a Monk-like structure. Harding’s solo turn is typically passionate and inventive, punctuated by his trademark wails on the baritone sax, which vacillate between elephantine and equine shouts . . . . Outside of the excellent performances, what really puts Premonition over the top are the bare bones, the “live” feel of the recording procedures at CIMP. Ban and Harding recently played an excellent duo set at Barbes in Brooklyn and a full quintet set at the Cornelia Street Cafe. If they continue to transfer the energy they found in the studio to a live setting ? and there’s no reason to think they wouldn’t be ? audiences are in for true magic.” All About Jazz, Feb 2006