Press
"Pitted against a jazz world that has long wallowed in old standards, old models of style and composition, and indulgent soloing, Rik Wright and his band are trying to do something new; something distinctly jazz in nature, but fresh in compositional approach." - Tone and Groove
"Wright's guitar playing is creative and impeccable" - Aural Innovations
"Inventive and fine too." - Cadence
"Rik Wright is a stellar jazz guitarist with a real slant on the future of the genre." - Music Morsels
"If you haven't checked out his work yet, you have some catch-up ball to play." - Jazz Now
"Seattle-based guitarist Rik Wright continues the post-harmelodic jazz-funk tradition in the best of bright and shiny ways. Open-ended jam lucidity, rigorous risk-taking angularity and freewheeling dynamics offer the ear a rich blend of electronica ambience and jazzscapes" - Willamette Week
"One of the Northwest's most notable jazz guitarists" - IndieGuitarists.com
"Rik Wright's Zen Tornado blows people away with sheer magnitude. His 
Seattle-based troupe invigorates the improv jam ethos by incorporating touches of electronica, classic jazz, and ambient textures, giving the tunes an edge that definitely keeps people from nodding off." - Olympia Weekly Volcano
"Rik's guitar playing takes a perfect minimalist approach" - CD Charts.com
"Nobody cares about jazz anymore; it’s lost its vitality as it has been pinned down, and operates in a strictly specialized niche. So who will revitalize the genre? Rik Wright, that’s who." - CD Reviews
"Rik Wright is a just-plain-incredible guitarist." - The Stranger