“The alto saxophonist Loren Stillman communicates great intensity but not a lot of drama. He’s an intuitive self regulating improvisor, averse to any flourish that calls attention to itself. What you hear in his playing is the real time synthesis of information, chiefly melodic and harmonic, and the rigorous subtlety of his response. He pairs uncannily mature instincts with the open-minded spark of youth.”

-Nate Chinen, The New York Times

“Bad Touch is a young group facing the usual embarrassment of riches. It’s looking at 60 or so years of style and temperament in American jazz: soft, loud, fast, slow, in tempo, out of tempo, free, composed, cluttered, sparse, swinging and non-. And it has chosen all of them.”

-Ben Ratliff, The New York Times

“That a musician like saxophonist Loren Stillman can release an album as mature, well conceived and personal as It Could Be Anything is clear evidence that creative jazz with a difference is still being made and that it's premature to be ringing its death-knell."

-John Kelman, AllAboutJazz

“…In this first hearing I believe that as a writer and a stylist, he (Stillman) has found a previously unoccupied slot in the jazz spectrum, which is a very rare thing in deed…”

-Anthony Troon, Jazz Review UK

“The magic, that which entrances, is not technique, although Stillman obviously can play anything his mind hears. He is that special player, one who is totally free. Stillman projects a searching intelligence far beyond his years with every note…”

-Budd Kopman, Cadence Magazine

“Mr. Stillman writes music that’s intricate but unforced and devoid of pretension…just as important, he has a distinctive sound on his instrument — full but dry, with only the slightest intimation of vibrato — and he shows restraint and consideration in his solos. When a song opens up rhythmically, as happens often here, he sets an agenda without closing off alternative options. He’s a watchful sort of improviser, rigorous about everything, including the unknown.”

-Nate Chinen, The New York Times Review of Blind Date

“Loren Stillman is one of New York's best alto saxophonists…Stillman can evoke the lyrical alto of Lee Konitz and the multi-phonic attack of post-Coltrane tenors. You'll never hear a stock lick, even over the most lick friendly progression.”

-David Adler, JazzTimes Magazine