Three Tree Records' first release, 'Seeking Higher Ground' by The Maguire Twins is #44 on the US Jazz Week Chart.  This is 5th week for the album to be on this US Top 50 jazz chart.

The Maguire Twins' 'Seeking Higher Ground' is still going strong on the Jazz Week Chart as #36.  It got 136 spins in US and Canada this week and it was the most numbers of spins ever!

The Maguire Twins is #36 on the US Jazz Week Chart for the second week.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK…
The Maguire Twins: Seeking Higher Ground
by George W. Harris • June 14, 2018 

​While only twenty one, identical twins Alan/b and Carl/dr show a maturity that is quite impressive on this debut album. Born in Japan and currently living in Memphis, the boys were taken under the wing of Kirk Whalum, and the mature education shows, as the rest of the band, Bill Mobleyu/tp-fh, Gregory tardy/ts-ss, Aaron Goldberg/p and Donald Brown/key focus mostly on original material that is assertive and millennially musical.
Veteran Tardy brings his Coltrane voice the fire breathing pieces such as “Theodicy” with Carl keeping  pace here and as well on Brown’s Elvin Jones-inspired “The Early Bird…” with some nifty stick work and dynamic bass alacrity on display. Some clever and original moments are heard with Carl’s Asian harmonics during his bassline of “Machi no Michi” which also includes some traditional Japanese drum work by brother Carl, while the two show they can burn with the best as Goldberg’s “Shed” is a fistful of dollars, while with Mobley, “49th Street” gleams with delight. Lots of music, with the exuberance of youth without the self indulgence.

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http://www.jazzweekly.com/2018/06/new-kids-on-the-blockthe-maguire-twins-seeking-higher-ground/

May 17, 2018
Paris, France

​« Seeking Higher Ground » est l’aboutissement de ce que les Maguire Twinsont hérité des géants du jazz de Memphis et du reste de l’Amérique et du développement de leur propre son. Carl Seitaro Maguire et Alan Shutaro Maguire, jumeaux identiques de 21 ans, sont nés à Tokyo et ont grandi à Honk Kong en ayant étudié à la British International School. 
À 14 ans, ils ont su qu’ils voulaient faire de la musique le centre de leurs vies. A 15 ans, ils déménagent dans la vibrante ville musicale de Memphis. Là, ils rejoignent la Stax Music Academy de renommée mondiale, y trouvent le jazz qui les attendait et rencontrent le saxophoniste Kirk Whalum qui était à ce moment-là artiste Stax en résidence. C’est aussi là qu’ils ont rencontré le pianiste Donald Brown, qui allait devenir leur professeur, mentor et producteur. A l’âge de 18 ans, ils enregistrent leur premier album “The Sound Of Music” avec Donald Brown comme producteur et Kirk Whalum en invité.
Les Maguire Twins sont en concert samedi 19 mai au Trezevant Bistro à Memphis pour la parution de leur deuxième album « Seeking Higher Ground » chez Three Tree Records, sur lequel ils accueillent Aaron Goldberg (piano), Bill Mobley (trompette) et Gregory Tardy (sax ténor).

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February 24, 2018
Tokyo, Japan

Jazz Critique Magazine, one of the major jazz magazines in Japan reviewed 'Seeking Higher Ground'.
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This is the sophomore album of Japanese born Maguire Twins, whose mother is Japanese. Producer, Donald Brown, who taught the twins, hand picked the accompanying artists, all of which are active and strong world class jazz musicians. The first tune opens up with powerful solos from Bill Mobley and Gregory Tardy, along with Aaron Goldberg coming in full throttle with his groovy and hard bop-ish piano straight from the get go. The young twins rose to the occasion alongside these veteran jazz artists. Most of the tunes are original compositions by the members of the band and they are all brilliant works that jazz fans can’t miss out on. They are seeking higher ground with a high level of delightful hard bop! (by Suzuck)

February 18, 2018
Shuhoku Shimbun Newspaper
Akita, Japan
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The article about the release of the album, 'Seeking Higher Ground' by The Maguire Twins was on Shuhoku Shimbun newspaper in Akita, Japan.