Editor's Pick, Downbeat
The compositions on Refuge are deceiving in their complexity, employing unexpected intervals within their undeniably catchy melodic lines and surging with rhythmic tension and release. As with just about everything he touches, Cotsirilos ties it all together with ingenious voice-leading solutions at every turn in this brave-and-brainy collective quest for refuge, written and recorded during the personal isolation and worldwide turmoil of the pandemic era.
— Ed Enright, Downbeat
"One of today’s finest jazz guitarists and composers, Cotsirilos has an unerring sense of swing and melody. His solos, while displaying accuracy and technique, are filled with soul."
-John Heidt
Vintage Guitar Magazine
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NEXT EVENT: George Cotsirilos Quartet - July 25, 2026, 8 p.m., The Backroom - Berkeley
