"Those numb to the blips and bloops of the digital age will welcome the infectious acoustica of the classically trained, jazz-honed Tin Hat Trio's circus swirl of soul, mingling Left Bank jazz with Gypsy honky-tonk, skewed tango with postmodern classicism. Music of Old World depth delivered with New World brio, Memory Is An Elephant, is the sound of the other Young America." ~ Billboard

"The three young members of the Tin Hat Trio have worked with avant-jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, boho-songwriter Tom Waits and classical minimalist Philip Glass. All those influences can be heard on the trio's debut album, but the biggest influence of all is the nuevo tango of Argentina's Astor Piazzolla. In juggling all these sources on their all-instrumental, all-acoustic recording, the Tin Hat Trio establishes its own identity with the loveliness of its tunes and the astringency of their treatment." ~ Washington Post

"This profoundly charming Bay Area chamber-jazz trio...rearranges the elements of the tango, Gypsy jazz, and modern classical music in unexpected yet utterly debonair ways on its new CD..." ~ Village Voice