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ten and Buddy Rich. There are times when it seems like Pandolfo crams as many syllables as humanly possible into a single line, but listen closely and you’ll realize that’s not actually the point. The coffeehouse/poetry veteran understands that the heartbeat of creativity is found in the moment, where you have to go for broke and risk falling on your face. Pandolfo views the performance spaces as informal flash-mob studios, an opportunity to encourage others in the act of unleashing their inner artist in real time. And over the span of 8 albums and 5 EPs, he has broadened the definition of DIY so that it no longer stops with the artist and you feel nudged to go out there and do it yourself. With the eighth AllOne album Emotionauts, Pandolfo takes inspiration from hip hop icon Rakim’s love of jazz giants like Coltrane and Bird. Alongside the Conscious Robot production team, Pandolfo steps into the challenge of positioning himself within the music instead of just volleying against it—the latest forward push in a career defined by headlong leaps into new creative territory.
-Saby Reyes-Kulkarni (2021)