„......Dieter Ilg ....the esteemed head of the trio featuring Wolfgang Muthspiel and Steve Argüelles that after many concerts and two CDs has been able to develop it´s own cool and special sound, interprets Folksongs from around the world in a respectful, sometimes deep, often surprising but always dignified and affectionate fashion. Folkoristic fieldwork on a very high level.“
JAZZTHING 11 / 99 - 1 / 00

„...it sounds so organic as if this music had been composed for a jazz
trio to from the start.“
STEREOPLAY 2 / 99

„While others are fighting over the musical heritage of Gershwin and
consorts and the record companies are paying big sums in support of this
war, Dieter Ilg, Wolfgang Muthspiel and Steve Arguelles have
accomplished something no less extraordinary. They deserve great praise
for the accomplishment of being able to improvise so beautifully over
songs like „Guten Abend, Gute Nacht“ and „Schlaf Kindlein, Schlaf“. 400
years of German, Scottish and Dutch folkmusic have been rearranged for
today and have been made playable as Jazz for all times. The fact is
that Ilg´s „Feldarbeit“ is a cheerful meeting of three great Jazz
talents.“ KULTIMATIV 1 / 99

„Most of the renditions have the valuable and rare quality of sneaking
into your brain through the auditory canal only to stick in the mind
with all ist little miniature instrumentals. From this music we learn
that there actually is such a thing as a catchy tune an earwig with
artistic content.“
JAZZTHETIK / DEZ 98 - JAN 99

„...the way it is done is convincing and inspiring; sometimes
melancholy, sometimes ironic and with humour, the three manage to pick
through the pieces of their newly discovered folk music heritage.“
JAZZTHING / NOV 98 - JAN 99

„Some of these interpretations are outrightly funny, often awsomely
beautiful, sometimes hard on the contemporary musical edge but never
offensive, but always classically elegant.“
RONDO 12 / 98

“German bassman Dieter Ilg has always surprised me not only with incredible technique, but also as a tasteful player - for example when he toured with Randy Brecker's acoustic band in the late 80s.His first solo album (Summerhill) was probably the best contemporary jazz album of 1992 and proved that there is modern jazz aside from copies of the bebop legends and elevator music. With folk songs he comes up with a huge surprise - taking european folksongs as the basis for trio jazz blowing with two great groups. Both feature him and drummer Steve Arguelles, but on behalf of the tunes we hear french pianist Benoit Delbeq, while on the others he is joined by guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel, who is his equal in modern tasteful improvisation. But it is not only the playing .. the choice of songs is perfect. All of them actually match some of the best melodic writing in jazz and pop - which is probably the reason why they survived several centuries. Add a dynamic recording and you get one of the best jazz albums of the last 12 months!”
Jazzreview.com 1998

„A different kind of Folk Song that makes retrospection and tradition
enjoyable.“
NRZ 4 / 98

„Conceptually clever and brilliantly realized. Folk Songs is as
inventive and provocative as it is musical“
JAZZTIMES / USA 12 / 97

„Volksmusik for cool cats“
TAZ 10 / 97

„Ethnic music from in front of our own door“
FOYER 7 / 97

„Fascinating how Dieter Ilg with great sensitivity has rearranged these
partially very well known melodies and has managed to place them in a
jazz oriented improvised setting. Without loosing their old „flair“
these songs have been endowed with a new and individual
atmosphere.......a couragious project on the highest musical
level.“
KULTUR & FREIZEIT / A-WIEN 6 / 97