Reviews

 

"With the superb backing of pianist Michael Pellera, bassist James Singleton and drummer Johnny Vidacovich, this saxophonist and singer gives us a smooth collection of originals and jazz standards on his new disc, A Moment of Peace. Bou's got a sweet voice and an ever sweeter tone, and both serve him well as he tackles the boy-loses girl sentiments of Duke Pearson's "Jeannine" and other helplessly romantic tracks that make this a Moment worth savoring."

Rich Collins, Gambit

 

"When Olivier Bou sings and plays, time doesn't quite stand still. It just moves incredibly, deliciously slowly. Like a young Chet baker who plays sax instead of trumpet, the French-born Bou is addicted to the cool West Coast jazz of the '50s - the kind of jazz in which prettiness and romance count for more than speed and virtuosity. For Bou, it's all about moods: languid, lazy, loving."

New Orleans, Times Picayune (June 16, 1998)