“Bell’s compositional style is suave, personal, inventive, and intriguing. Mildly contemporary harmonies add warmth, color, and zest. The music surrounds the listener with a sense of spirituality and joy.”

“There were moments of freshness in the tonal canvas Bell brought to his songs. His revivifying salon harmonies of yesteryear would come unexpectedly, fleetingly. Beneath his conservatism lies a welcome refreshing unpretentiousness.”

A Sarabande by Larry Thomas Bell, bridges Rameau and Sweelinck by crystallizing their music in modern, angular terms, and then making slight adjustments. It’s music that Bach would have listened to carefully.