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The Smiling Hour
Greta Matassa’s voice is distinctive, with great individuality...Most enjoyable jazz vocal album I’ve heard in some time!
—Audiophile Audition

The Smiling Hour
"Her vocals are lilting where they should be, heavier where they should be, and she's one of the few contemporary jazz vocalists that can pull off a proper round of scatting without coming off gimmicky"
—All Music Guide

Greta Matassa at the Rising Jazz Stars Foundation
"Matassa's performance was a marvel of virtuosity."
—Los Angeles Times

Favorites From A Long Walk
"Worldly, gentle, bold, dynamic, Favorites From a Long Walk is a gift for the heart. Greta Matassa is one of America’s finest singers, and stands firmly among the best in today’s jazz."
—Jazz Review

Greta Matassa
"Greta's dynamics and phrasing are always distinctive and exciting as she has tremendous range…a powerful, whiskey voice able to explore her own dimension."
—The Voice 88.7FM

Home Sweet Homebody
"If Greta Matassa is not a jazz star outside of the Seattle area, it's only because Matassa hasn't performed much outside of the Seattle area."
—The Oregonian

A Road Less Traveled: Greta Matassa's 'Favorites'
"Favorites is an album that may surprise many of Matassa's fans."
—Earshot Jazz

An Interview with Greta Matassa
"For her new album, Favorites From a Long Walk (Origin Records, 2005), which hits record stores in November, Matassa has looked beyond the standards and unearthed more than a dozen overlooked — yet timelessly classic — jazz tunes…"
—All About Jazz

Northwest Jazz Vocalist Greta Matassa
'I'm doing a kind of quieter album…these songs haven't been heard in a while.'
—NW Jazz Profile

Live at Tula's
"This group is everything that you could want in a jazz band— hard swinging, fearless, sensitive, endlessly creative and technically brilliant."
—JazzReview.com

Greta Matassa
"Greta Matassa was dazzling"
—The Stranger

Pascal, Matassa spread the good news
"A natural crowd-pleaser"
—All About Jazz

Greta Matassa: All This And Heaven Too
"Go find this record!"
—Planet Jazz

Vox cd reviews—Greta Matassa
"Echoing Rosie Clooney's natural warmth and Nancy Wilson's impeccable phrasing, Matassa moves from triumph to triumph"
—Jazz Times

Greta Matassa...In the Moment
Firey vocalist to sing the lead in PNB's "Seven Deadly Sins"
"Vocalist Greta Matassa is a powerful and prominent voice in the Northwest jazz scene. Her vocal mastery allows her to come across husky, girlish, crisp or jaded."
—Jazz Steps

Greta Matassa, "All This and Heaven Too; Live at Bake's Place"
"Seattle native and jazz vocal genius Greta Matassa displays her impressive talent on her new, live recording, All This and Heaven Too."
—Seattle Gay News

Matassa's vocal passion powers "Ella & Billie":
tribute to jazz divas is singer's tour de force
"A classy vocalist with a natural, hometown-girl stage presence"
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Group makes jazz come alive
"There was Matassa herself, whose voice can ping and pong along the highest riffs and effortlessly belt down to the darkest whiskey tones. She paid tribute to 14 legendary singers from Billie Holiday to Frank Sinatra, suggesting each singer's spirit and style while making each song unmistakably her own."
—Seattle Times

Jazz singer Matassa at home in "I'm a Stranger Here Myself"
"She's so lighthearted and humorous. Her musicianship is so meticulous. Her voice is so lovely. Her stylings are so precise and detailed"
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Matassa hits the mark in Kurt Weill songfest
"Matassa phrases deftly and swings gently without muddying the songs' melodic and rhythmic infrastructure. Her voice can remind you of Judy Garland's."
—Seattle Times

Greta Matassa
"Greta Matassa's singing is touched by genius"
—Encyclopedia of Northwest Music

Matassa and Weill: musical chameleons
"A vocal chameleon herself, Matassa can sound husky or crisp, ebullient or wailing, girlish or jaded. She recalls Billie Holiday in one phrase, Cleo Laine in the next. Breathy at the top of her range, she also packs a warbling vibrato."
—Seattle Times

Debut CD may give jazz singer Greta Matassa a new audience
"Featuring some of the top jazz sidemen in the Northwest, Got a Song That I Sing ranges from inventive bop to the hard swinging that Matassa is known for in her work with the big-band Jazz Police."
—Tacoma News Tribune

 
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