"You may well ask after hearing this excellent CD, who Andrew Drury is and why he isn’t better known. … (H)e’s a sophisticated modern composer... He mixes the sense of rhythm and sensitivity that characterizes drummer-composers like Max Roach and Gerry Hemingway with voicing and arrangements that connect sophisticated EuropImprov sensibility with New World swing. (…) …exceptional compositions… Evidence here indicates that the playing and writing Drury demonstrates on this CD is no momentary lapse. Although there’s every probability that he will produce more exceptional music in the future, right now you have this CD to seek out and admire."
--Ken Waxman, Jazz Word

Andrew Drury is one of those special few who can trailblaze through well-known territory, recombining traditions and familiarities, then transform them into a hotbed of do-it-yourself maximalism. In the face of a kitchen sink mentality, the tunes definitely become more than the sum of their parts: no-frills straight ahead, uninhibited chaos, strict counterpoint exercises, quirky head tunes, off-kilter accompaniments, intense solos, forays into microtonality, extended technique bag o’ tricks on parade, wild chord clusters, introspective unaccompanied episodes, harsh timbres, relentless climaxes, nonsensical repetition, etc. In the hands of this remarkable sextet, the music freely evolves wherever the musicians decide to take it—so enjoy the ride."
--American Music Center "New Music Box"

"By and large, there is something very baroque in his musical concept, as multiple lines run in and out of each other, with sudden changes of tempo and dynamics. (…) On more than one occasion the energy level hits some very stimulating highs, but there are more introspective passages as well, heard to great advantage in the skillfully harmonized voicings… Of its many assets, this side shows a real espirt de corps, and one senses a commitment to the music by all concerned."
--Marc Chenard, the Squid’s Ear

"Drury is a phenomenal drummer."
--Mike Marlin, Earshot Jazz Magazine

"Drummer Andrew Drury, too, is working a nice pathway through the sounds, clattering some, crashing some, and tapping a strange space code that seems to lead ever outward. It’s world-class improvised music, and is getting commensurate critical acclaim." "He commands expansive subtlety on that most-unsubtle and motley percussion thing, the drum kit. Yet he plays with a restraint that belies both the intensity and far-reaching qualities of his music."
--Andrew Bartlett, Seattle Weekly

"Indeed his blend of chamber-music rigor, folkish riffs and stop-start pacing is reminiscent of bands that populated the original Knitting Factory in the late ‘80s, like Curlew and Dr. Nerve. …He crafts memorable melodies from his rhythmic figurations, and the musicians in his all-star cast—Speed, Krauss, Kang, pianist Myra Melford, and bassist Mark Dresser—assert their own vivid personalities throughout."
--Steve Smith, Time Out New York

"It is always a thrill when someone comes out of seemingly nowhere to produce something of real thought and originality. Although I am unfamiliar with Andrew Drury, his Polish Theater Posters is an outstanding set of spontaneous and composed music. …A shoe-in contender for my top ten list, Polish Theater Posters is a strong innovative statement from a young, confident composer and drummer, a recording that is sure to knock the socks off, without self-conscious bombast."
--Steven A. Loewy, Cadence

"Drury’s music has a sense of the theater, and though very avant, has a certain accessibility mainly because of the humor, the changes in texture and odd ways of drawing you into the rhythmic landscape. He seems never to be bound by the trappings of musical standards and yet has a solid respect for the bop, post-bop, mainstream jazz idioms, and for a host of other musical styles as well. I’m not sure there is a more interesting and diverse renaissance-styled individual whose sensibility has as much to do with the street as it does the classic confines of jazz. Get his CD, get your kids to his workshops, and keep an eye out for his next appearance… He is a superb drummer and composer, but that is just the beginning."
--Chris Lunn, Victory Review

"With a deep sense of improvisation, a focused compositional concept, and a keen sense of drama, Drury’s music is both rigorously crafted and liberatingly free."
--Michael Allison, Earshot Jazz Magazine