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' Sharon Berry-Vivian, WSHA 88.

9 Jazz Carousel'Outstanding record. In every respect. Love it! Every track is wonderfully played. Excellent straight ahead jazz.

'B.H. Hudson, WNCU FM, Durham, NC'Baron Tymas, jazz guitarist, has put together a brilliant new CD, Insight at Midnight. Great songs, fabulous musicians and tight and enhancing mixing and mastering, result in a CD you will want to hear and enjoy. I look forward to sharing it with jazz fans listening to my show.

' Melva (Melva's Musings on Jazz), WCOM, Carrboro, NCNews and Observer, Raleigh, NCBy Owen Cordle - CorrespondentBaron Tymas' electric guitar tone and melodic intervals bite conspicuously on the first two tunes on "Insight at Midnight" (tymasmusic) -- and elsewhere, too. With vibist Jon Metzger on these and four others, the ensemble sound recalls vibist Gary Burton's quartet on "Duster," one of the first jazz-rock albums, recorded in 1967.

This is not to imply that "Insight at Midnight" is dated or an album of jazz-rock. It's simply a reference to Tymas' distinctive sound, one that serves him well in terms of clarity, melodic decisiveness and emotional spark.

In addition to quartet and quintet tracks with Metzger, there are other groups here: a quartet with pianist Ed Paolantonio, acoustic bassist John Brown and drummer Thomas Taylor on a slow and stark "Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye"; another quartet with Taylor, electric bassist Damon Brown and flutist Kofi Burbridge; and a couple of tracks with saxophonists Brian Miller and Brian Horton (one of which also includes saxophonist Ira Wiggins and trombonist Robert Trowers). You will recognize the players as locals, several affiliated with Elon, UNC, Duke, or NCCU, where Tymas teaches.

Tymas composed eight of the tunes on the album, a varied lot that covers the terrain of today's well-rounded jazz musician.