Inspired by the music of his homeland in Puerto Rico with thick doses of Afrobeat, underground club music, electronica, jazz, and other stimuli, Cole's underlying roots are exposed as new offshoots emerge and thrive incorporating everything from sounds of the street parties, dancehalls, poetry, funk and rock aesthetics, to form something that is uniquely Cole-centric. - Mark F Turner
"Henry has taken the tradition he grew up in and greatly expanded it's meaning. His recording "Roots Before Branches" is a beautiful demonstration of this expansion. "-Chick Corea - 11 Mar '13
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