“Hypermodern Rumba: Yosvany Quintero presented an original mix of Jazz, Funk and Rumba”
“Yosvany Quintero started with an emotionally charged mix of Jazz, Funk and Rumba. Complex themes consisting of many short motifs, mixed with breaks which come thick and fast, were underlaid with unusual rhythms which often broke the conventional four-four-time scheme.
Accompanied by a tough rhythm section, Yosvany Quintero played his wild and free saxophone and clarinet solos. He alternated solos with the pianist Gabriel Walter, whose playing stood out due to great intensity and expressiveness.
One could easily forgive the band for the fact that one could not dance a classical Rumba to this kind of music. Musical creativity made up for this ‘lack’.”

“Musical departure: The quartet “Cuarteao”, centred around the Cuban saxophonist and clarinettist Yosvany Quintero, departs for new musical shores and a new concept of Jazz.”
„Yosvany Quintero’s preference for clear but demanding structures is what causes his compositions to stand out. It calls to mind the M-Base of Steve Coleman, the perfection of whose saxophone playing is equalled by Quintero.” 
“Cuarteao can be regarded as one of the rare, promising formations in the otherwise rather stagnant Jazz business. (…) The openness and impartiality with which the four young musicians get down to work is exemplary, and comparable with the pioneering character of other revolutionary Jazzers.”