"Blue Divide" - with Rob Derke (soprano sax), Aruan Ortiz (piano), Carlo De Rosa (bass), and Eric McPherson (drums) - ZOHO Music

"A lesson in group interplay" - Downbeat Magazine
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• “Derke deserves to be considered among the best soprano saxophonists in jazz today” with a “clear, well-rounded tone, assured technique, a wealth of ideas” and an “inherent artistry” - JazzTimes

• "Players who are intriguing, a force of nature, and brilliant. A “Best Of” for 2014, continually sparking with overflowing irrepressible energy." - FAME Review
  

• "An extraordinarily ingenious machine with both instrumental and compositional inventiveness and energy, along with a marvelous elegance. Derke and his partners have walked that fine line between the mainstream and the avant-garde like a high wire at the circus, with outstanding results." - All About Jazz

"Mad About Thad" - with Rob Derke (tenor/soprano sax), Steve Wilson (alto sax), Ralph Lalama (tenor sax), David Smith (tpt), Sam Burtis (tbn), David Bryant (pno), Art Hirahara (pno), Carlo De Rosa (bs), and Eric McPherson (drm) - JAZZHEADS Records

"FOUR STARS" "killer reed section" - Downbeat Magazine
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• "NYJAZZ plays with perfection, as the new orchestrations by Rob Derke of some of Thad's most beautiful compositions are full of wonderful solos by some of today’s most expressive musicians on the NY scene , especially Ralph Lalama and Rob Derke on tenors and Steve Wilson on alto." - Joe Lovano