The Jazz World has welcomed musicians who play and compose music that is truthful. When a musician or an ensemble are playing the truth the listener innately knows and accepts the message that is heard. Another essential component of jazz music is energy. Energy conveys the commitment musicians have to exposing their message and creates the excitement that attracts the listener to explore the music more intimately.

The Eddie Brookshire Quintet is all about truth and energy. Eddie's music ensemble can best be described as a neo, post bop, contemporary, high energy enclave merging with an ever-so-subtle blue note horn sound. Their music consists primarily of originally composed songs and features musicians uniquely positioned to influence this direction in jazz.