"A big surprise! Everybody’s playing this! She really has poise." -– WCLK, Atlanta
"Man I’m loving the heck out of this! Ernie is blowing! Uptempto!" -– WUMR, Memphis
"An innovative and poised stylist who brings genuine grace to any performance."
-– Patrick Burnsen, San Framcisco Chronicle
"What a fine vocalist they have in Carla Helmbrecht. She makes her mark on the proceedings
right from the start with a bright bouncy deliver... The lady scores on ballads too”
-– Stan Woolley, Jazz Journal International (July 1998)
"Vocalist Carla Helmbrecht is the showcase figure here, moving easily from jazzy scat numbers to
standard ballads, with a graceful articulation and a wide-ranging voice that crossess Laurel Masse
and Susannah McCorckle” -– John McDonough, DownBeat (May 1998)