"One thing's certain: it was definitely worth the wait. Kermit Driscoll has been a remarkable bassist and inspired sideman for the last 30 years, but he's never released an album of his own. Reveille, a program of kaleidoscopic funk, experimental abstractions, and fetching intricacies, rectifies that. It is an achievement that lets the world know Driscoll now wears another hat as well: that of a cagey bandleader."
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=73281
Driscoll seems bent on making a statement right off the top. Reveille opens with him on meaty upright bass, hammering out the funky intro to “Boomstatz”, a demented blues stomp that weaves and wobbles like a drunken high-wire walker. This slightly loony spirit of friendly experimentation carries over into the rest of the record, with another highlight being a power-trio take on Joe Zawinul’s “Great Expectations”, originally recorded by Miles Davis during the sessions for Bitches Brew. Great as that version was, it’s almost eclipsed by the update, which features unusually aggressive soloing from Frisell that eventually leads into an eerily meditative finale.
http://www.straight.com/article-394611/vancouver/kermit-driscoll
