“a bottomless well of musical energy–he can probably cut any saxophonist in town, and hold his own with any saxophonist, period.” – Michael J. West, Washington City Paper
“a grandly talented improviser” – Allaboutjazz.com
“The saxophonist Tedd Baker, one of the most revered on the D.C. scene, has toured the world as part of the State Department’s Jazz Ambassadors program and is a member of the U.S. Air Force jazz band, the Airmen of Note. But when he steps in front of his own combo, Baker’s liable to bring the house down; he has a broad, powerful tone and a sure-footed improvisational attack that winds and zags. It’s confident and questioning, all at once.” – Giovanni Russonello, Capitolbop.com
“Baker has a sound that’s firmly in the Rollins lineage: burly, unfurling forcefully with long, low lines that often hit even lower accents (the saxophonistic equivalent of the soul singer grunting “UHH!”) He never seems to tire, either; those supercharged lines will be coming as surely and confidently at the end of a set as they were at the beginning. You don’t have to take my word for this, mind you–the city is full of jazz musicians who hold him in high regard” – Michael J. West, Washington City Paper
“Tedd Baker tears it up” – Dr. Richard Holland INTERNET JAZZ RADIO 247 JazzTimes Review of Tedd Baker’s 2006 debut CD “Mugshots”: http://jazztimes.com/articles/17251-mugshots-tedd-baker
“strong tenor sax” – Rifftides by Doug Ramsey, Arts journal.com
“added presence of local D.C.-area stalwarts like tenorist Tedd Baker just reinforces the…band’s high quality.” – David Franklin, JazzTimes
“Tenor-man Tedd Baker demonstrate[s] masterful control of [his] instrument and of the hard-bop vocabulary…” – JazzTimes