Peck Allmond, trumpet, tenor sax, flutes, cornet, clarinet
Jamie Fox, guitar
Russell George, violin
Gary Fisher, piano
Doug Weiss, bass
Willard Dyson, drums

Ed Reed is a storyteller, one who pours both his heart and nearly 80 years of life experiences ... into a phrase ... [on The Song Is You] Reed and company serve as tour guides using tempo and timbre to present exceedingly fresh takes on a selection of songs that leans almost exclusively on the Great American Songbook." —AllAboutJazz-New York

A master balladeer and a jazz singer in the truest sense, he absorbed the influences of Nat “King” Cole and Bill Henderson while honing an idiosyncratic style with phrasing that flows according to a lyric's emotional contours. —Boston Globe

Most enticingly, there's Reed's way with a romantic lyric, as captivating as [Nat “King”] Cole but more suggestive of the great (if underappreciated) Bill Henderson, shot through with rich veins of Jimmy Scott's ethereal tenderness and finished off with the effortless savoir faire of Bobby Short. —JazzTimes