Buzz
Here's what they have been saying about Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet...
- "Four Voices blending together and just swinging like mad!"
— Susan Stamberg, NPR - "A vocal ensemble blend that sounds utterly natural and seamless, as if it were simply meant to be. Swings with a nonchalance that belies the group’s remarkably fine-tuned vocals."
— Mike Joyce, jazz critic, The Washington Post - "Make some room, Manhattan Transfer, New York Voices and Four Freshmen, for the innovative, completely ear catching multi voiced renderings of Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet... There are few groups extant whose voices blend together with such exciting harmonic synergy."
— AllAboutJazz - "These folks are not imitators and have developed their own bright jazz style… They have no fear and stride effortlessly between the diverse compositional styles of Chick Corea, George Gershwin and Dizzy Gillespie."
— The Jazz Review - "Well worth hearing live."
— Cadence Magazine - "Evident throughout are the Manhattan Transfer's tight boy-girl-boy-girl harmonies, their sharp jazz instincts and their same good taste.... UVJQ deserves to be heard."
— JazzTimes - "The first time I heard their first CD I was very sure that the UVJQ was one of the best around if not THE very best."
— Jacques Emond, Ottawa International Jazz Festival and Canadian jazz radio host - "They create an incredible sonic whole, much greater than the sum of its parts, though all are fine singers."
— Eric Brace, The Washington Post - "First rate. Just first rate!"
— Gano Evans, jazz radio host - "If there's a space for another vocal-jazz ensemble on the national scene, Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet is poised to claim it."
— Washington City Paper - "Their talent and sound is absolutely outstanding! Every bit as good as they Lambert, Hendricks, Ross."
— Four Freshmen Society California Representative - "Hope to hear more and more of their music."
— David Alvarez, El Cantor de Jazz (Spain)