"a free-playing jam, it's like a savory dish of musical gumbo-swinging sound of horns, piano, bass and drums, along with the cool-cat musicality."
- DESERET NEWS, UT

"the orchestra is the only major performing jazz institution in post-Katrina New Orleans and has become the most prominent representative of jazz culture in the Big Easy"
- METROMODE, DETROIT

"above all, these guys are about playing New Orleans jazz with blistering Creole fire, a kind of unrestrained fun and virtuosity that was memorably captured in the song ³Somebody Forgot To Turn the Faucet Off."
- OMAHA WORLD-HERALD

"..in his early 30's, Irvin Mayfield has emerged not only as a leading voice of the Crescent City's modern jazz tradition but also a cultural warrior of the first rank who has taken a leadership role in rebuilding the city after Hurricane Katrina..."
- DETROIT FREE PRESS

"not even Wynton blows so much emotion into a horn"
– NEW YORK PRESS