JAZZMAN
« This new record finds Milteau as inspired and convincing as ever… Great songs, fine melodies in a whirlwind of sounds and sensations”
FRANCE SOIR
« Milteau, a great among the greats, dedicates his luminous playing and modest personality to the making of an intimate, harmonically blue album »
OUEST FRANCE
« Milteau’s masterful harp guides us through an emotional album ripe with blues and jazz fragrances, as timeless ballads and brilliant instrumentals vie for the listener’s attention »
L’EXPRESS
« Blue 3rd is JJ Milteau’s best album so far. A formidable mixture of rhythms, sounds and styles, wonderfully served by JJ’s tasteful harp playing. »
LE MONDE
« JJ’s version of "Home is where the hatred is", complete with Gil Scott-Heron’s overwhelming vocals, is a true masterpiece of the new millennium, no less »
METRO
« A glorious record …An intoxating dialogue between vocal and instrumental sounds…
Milteau’s best album so far »
JAZZ MAGAZINE
« The bluest of French harmonica players pays a vibrant tribute to Afro-American music as a whole. Intimate feelings and inspired compositions. An overwhelming success »
SOUL BAG
« Warm, swinging, intimate music. A highly personal, fascinating album »
BLUES MAGAZINE
« Drawing freely from his blues roots, JJ recorded a euphonic set ripe with tuneful instrumentals. Gorgeous melodies and fine songs enhanced by a poetic setting not unworthy of the blaxploitation movies of old »
BLUES & CO
« Milteau is the Albert Einstein of the blues… The king of groove has never been in finer form, musically and spiritually. Blue 3rd is a superlative collection of soulful blues pearls, tastefully played by an unequalled master of the harmonica. Enjoy ! »