Widely considered as one of the most important European improvisers currently on the scene, in this quartet Amado gathers three of his strongest longtime influences, three leaders in their own right: German master pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach, Norwegian double bass wizard Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and legendary American drummer Gerry Hemingway.

For Amado this band represents a deep dive into his own formative roots, something he has been dealing with more and more in these last few years. With Schlippenbach, Håker Flaten and Hemingway by his side, Amado has the perfect context to explore the classic materials he considers to be the basis of his journey as a musician, an impulse that is part him and part history. As US critic Stuart Broomer wrote: “Amado is an emerging master of a great tradition, more apparent with each new recording or performance.”

This is a quartet whose name really represents, aside from a direct homage to Sonny Rollins, a bridge between different languages, backgrounds and generations, all united through improvisation.

- Once again it is clear that The Bridge is among the best that Western European improvisation music has to offer. Every concert of theirs is a surprise and each time the four great performers set the hall on fire (Jazzenzo)

- One of the most consistently stimulating saxophonists of this century, with a great knowledge about the history of the music and a vivid creativity to push it forward. (David Cristol, freejazzblog)

- Portuguese sax hero Rodrigo Amado delivers a masterpiece with The Bridge international supergroup. - (Eyal Hareuveni / Salt Peanuts)

- Amado’s own rich, complex, precise and distinct timbres, inflections and emotions, each note, each sound as if weighed on an alchemist’s scale. (…) the group is superb. (Stuart Broomer)