"Sean Haefeli is carrying that conversation forward with deep, groovy enunciations and constructing prismatic chords through the winning Flying Broken Form that takes the said “new breed” jazz soul hip-hop artists into places that reach for new, and I’ll take it."
John-Paul Shiver (Treblezine)
This guy is great...sorry I'm a latecomer!
Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio)
Amazing talent.
BBE Music
Berlin-based pianist, vocalist, lyricist, and composer Sean Haefeli mesmerized us with his vocal jazz. ..looks like dude has a pretty fail proof thing going on as far as many are concerned.”
Giant Step
“The lyrics sound like modern poetry, sort of a cross between Ezra Pound in the metro and some alternative spoken word down by the Green Mill in Chicago...He takes unexpected twists and turns, puts lyrics you have to listen to at least thrice in order to decipher the deeptitudes being discussed. Some times it swings, some times it grooves but there is always something emotionally moving going on.
Kalamu Ya Salaam (poet/reviewer)
“Originally hailing from Indianapolis, Indiana, Haefeli is an integral element on the album, recalling both Leon Thomas and Gil Scott-Heron but bridging those influences with a freewheeling, relaxed, unique phrasing.”