"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)