“In a perfect pop world, or one even remotely like it, the Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet would never suffer the indignities referenced on its new album, “Hustlin’ for a Gig.” Clubs would clamor to book groups half as talented without hesitation and the airwaves would resonate with rich, ingeniously arranged harmonies.”Mike Joyce, The Washington Post

“Hustlin’ for a Gig is an electrifying album by the Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet. They nail flights of fancy and worry with a powerful attention to earthy modernism.” John Shelton Ivany, Editor, Top 21

“A giant step back into a form that saw its high point earlier in recent history and still hasn’t been improved upon… delightful as hell and clearly vintage, every bow and ribbon in place, singin’ ‘n swingin’.”Mark S. Tucker, FAME