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Perhaps the Enchanted Castle is the metaphor for the world of Bela Agoston, where anything can happen. Abandon convention all ye who enter here! Welcome to the realm of unexpected happenings and surprising encounters! Where the borders between space, time, and genres have become blurred. Even the most shameless devotee of multi-instrumentalist Agoston can't possibly have foreseen the deeds he commits here with his quartet KNUTDUT MEN... on their album Dunno he plays only one tenor saxophone, and moreover he makes do with pure jazz... 'What a dark horse!' you might say - and not without reason. After all, he makes music just like the blackest of his masters! There's no denying it: we simply DUNNO we could expect such enchanting music!

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This is a very pleasant, very old-fashioned sounding CD. Right out of the 60s. The tunes are nice, often using a blues structure. The solos by Agoston and Muranyi are always right on and the rhythm team offers great support. I do wish Pengo and Harsagyi had some solo space, given their great support work. AS a drummer I enjoyed Harsagyi's accompaniments. He was busy but not intrusive. Not sure what else to say. This is for lovers of old sounding music with a fresh touch.

     —Bernie Koenig, Cadence Magazine

Perhaps there was an unknown tributary of the Mississippi river which linked to the Danube when Jazz purportedly made its journey from New Orleans to St. Louis, Memphis and beyond. Certainly the playing of the saxophonists in the Budapest-based Knutdut Men quartet come across as if they're background was Southern American not Hungarian. During the course of six originals, all composed by tenor saxophonist Béla Ágoston, the in-the-pocket reed harmonies created by him and alto saxophonist Ákos Murányi could be coming from Hank Crawford and Don Wilkerson in Ray Charles band of the late-1950s.

     —Ken Waxman, jazzword.com