DownBeat2021 OctoberafafHerb Boyd2021 October"The eminent composer/arranger and tenor saxophonist Bob Mintzer and the WDR Big Band Cologne on the aptly named Soundscapes evoke a variety of images from the Santa Ana winds to the Palladium Ballroom in Manhattan with tracks sizzling with intensity ... Mintzer is a wise and creative leader and Soundscapes is just another example of his prodigious talent and ingenuity".