“Patrick Boyle is a ‘trumpet personality’, which isn’t an easy thing to do. And what I mean is that Patrick’s trumpet voice is a character that talks, feels, emotes and resonates with listeners. Like I said, it’s not easy to make a trumpet do that… and that’s why Patrick is so special.”
Tim Tamashiro, Host, Tonic, CBC Radio 2

Listening to Patrick, you hear much more than a guy who can play. You hear a musical personality at work. Each performance sounds like a conversation with the audience, one that renews itself every time he picks up the instrument.
Jaime Fitzpatrick, The Performance Hour, CBC Radio

“Still No Word is Patrick Boyle’s best work yet! Long heralded as one of Canada’s top sidemen, it’s a delight to see (and hear) him step out on his own for the second time. With a more focused, linear outing than his previous work, Boyle has solidified his status as one of Canada’s top trumpet players and jazz musicians in general.

The first time I popped in his record, I remember I had just returned from watching Patrick do his usual, sideman thing; and I expected to go home, put on a track, go to bed and listen to the rest of it the next day. Needless to say, I ended up so enraptured in the music, that I stayed up half the night listening to the record in its entirety.

Joined by some of Canada’s best as his backing band, the instrumental interplay is staggeringly good at times. Given Patrick’s academic background in theories of improvisation, it’s no surprise that some of the best moments of the record are where Patrick is able to use all his knowledge and really blow on a tune.

While ‘Hold Out’ was a great romp in the musically schizophrenic world of Boyle, ‘Still No Word’ will no doubt cement Boyle’s status as one of Canada’s great Jazz Players”.
Tom PowerHost – Deep RootsCBC Radio 2