Review of Great Expectations by Bill Kohlhasse – Excerpt from LA Times, Friday Nov 24,1996

“In the kingdom of electric bass, the groove is king. And few groove as deeply as Max Bennett. The reason? Probably that Bennett has had more experience than most in the electric bass fraternity. As a founding member of LA Express – which included the likes of Tom Scott, Joe Sample and Larry Carlton – he was one of the prime movers of the West Coast fusion movement. Bennett’s recording is a solid one! Fans who have been turned off by the predictability and singsong commercial themes of current-day fusion would do well to check out “Great Expectations.” It holds the artistic promise that much of the fusion movement has betrayed!”