Flutist, Pianist, Composer, Educator

Winner Global Music Awards 
2011 Award of Excellence
2014 Gold Medal
2016 Outstanding Achievement

"Ms. Bell plays with confidence and taste, with a proclivity toward the more subtle means of emotional expression.   Her playing inherently has a many-layered depth that reveals a more meaningful art.  She renders ballads with exceptional sensitivity while bringing wonderful nuances to swing and be-bop, which she plays with power, agility and a natural élan.  Her phrasing, evocative of birds, shows the strong influence of Eric Dolphy, yet is rendered with such purity of tone and range of timbre that it is clearly of a different ornithology."     German Berrellez


                                                       photo by                                                  Michael Oletta

  
"Bell’s playing is lithe and energetic, her lines unspooling with ease. But she’s also an improvisational shapeshifter. On “Times Squared,” she transitions seamlessly between rapidly tongued staccato blasts and relaxed legato sighs. On “Streets Of New York,” she skips from hardnosed modal lines to graceful swing motifs with a clean, collected assurance".   Brian Zimmerman - Downbeat  'Editors Pick' 
​January 2016

"Bell flaunts prodigious chops on both C flute and alto flute
though her pen might be mightier than her sword.  Her originals all reveal a wide harmonic palette, a sophisticated rhythmic sensibility and a refined sense of dynamics, along with an urge to swing". 
Bill Milkowski - Downbeat  March 2016 ****

"Visionary, transcendent pieces. The standard for a flute-led album” Jazz da Gama

"Bell glides, glows, and runs up and down her flute in seemingly effortless fashion throughout. Brooklyn Dreaming is a tight and classy affair that furthers Bell's fine reputation".
All About Jazz

" I like this a lot.  Bell's flute tone and chops are very strong, her ideas fresh and attractive"  Howard Mandel

"Lori Bell's latest recording 'Brooklyn Dreaming' reveals a master of the mainstream at the absolute top of her game.  Bell deftly exploits blues ideology with a warm, liquid sound and modern intervallic improvisation."  Robert Bush

"This is a creative work that ‘swings’ and purrs, showcasing her virtuosity and hard core improvisational skills". 
Dee Dee McNeil

Lori Bell has long been one of the top flutists in jazz and her playing on Brooklyn Dreaming is heard at its prime.  Bell, whether on the C-flute or alto flute, never runs out of creative ideas.  Brooklyn Dreaming, which is easily recommended, is a perfect way to be introduced to the excellent playing of Lori Bell.
Scott Yanow
                                                                         
“Fast, in-your-face, loquacious, but friendly and swinging. Bell finds the mood, explores the variations, makes it all swing, her notes precise and rounded, fleeting and wild in their spirit.”
San Diego Troubadour
 
"Lori Bell uses flute and composing skills to great reward...
As rewarding as Nathan’s Famous.” Jazz Weekly

“Lori Bell is an exceptionally skilled instrumentalist who brings inventive depth and subtle swing to the repertoire presented here.”  
Jazz Journal UK  ****

"The Lori Bell Quartet is an ensemble that demands attention. These are four top notch musicians who work as one. Their collaboration has produced an album that is both beautiful and intelligent." Blogcritics

"Brooklyn Dreaming is a strong vibrant statement in modern jazz”
O’s Place For Jazz

"Bell’s flute playing is pure jazz energy in the fire of her light switch” Carol Weber, AXS.com

"Bell brings to mind pre ‘60s Herbie Mann in tone and most of all in
hard driving spirit. Jazz flute, no compromise." Robert Rusch-Cadence

​2016 Winner Global Music Awards
 for Outstanding Achievement "Brooklyn Dreaming" album + composition

"A virtuoso musician, Bell is both an instrumentalist and an expert composer."  Ric Bang - Jazz Scan
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Lori Bell is a Pearl Flute Artist

"Lori Bell is a great flutist and a great musician. She has a dedication to both jazz and classical music and is wonderful at both. Her sound and technique are beautiful and personal. She's a pianist, composer and arranger, a teacher, and is always seeking to contribute more as an artist. That's inspiring."  Nelson Rangell

"Your pitch, control and technical prowess is, as always, amazing".  Holly Hofmann

​"Bell led the trio through a remarkable examination beginning with long streams of mulit-note ideas, free trilling and subtle whistle-stops, then suddenly she began a series of chromatic sequences that brought the spirit of Eric Dolphy’s “Gazzeloni” to mind".   Robert Bush

"The Music of Djavan"
Nominated Best Jazz Album San Diego Music Awards

​"One of the finest virtuoso flutists of our time"  Latin Jazz Network

"A brilliant piece of discovery by phenomenal flutist Lori  Bell"
All About Jazz

"Bell is one of the unsung masters of the SD jazz scene--right away she crafted a winding improvisation with full-bodied timbre and daring harmonic choices".   Robert Bush

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