Joan Viskant - reviews

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"The finest jazz singer I've heard in the last thirty years" Woolf Phillips MD for Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Judy Garland "Truly wonderful" Corky Hale Jazz harpist, Pianist, Billy Holiday accompanist "She’s fantastic!" Mike Stoller The composing duo Lieber & Stoeller "Her CD never leaves the player" Alan Bergman Lyricist "Discovering singer Joan Viskant has been a delight. I love her voice - she has a captivating intimacy... A voice to enjoy, and a name to watch out for." Sarah Ward Jazz FM (www.jazzfm.com) "What a great singer!" Herbie Hancock "Wonderful singer, with wonderful arrangements and great songs" Benny Carter "She reminds me of a young Doris Day, vocally" Ray Charles

"Joan Viskant sings with a cool sense of style - nothing too showy but always perfectly modulated, whatever she is singing. I certainly urge you to see her" Michael Darvell What's On In London "That lovely lady...She's tall and she looks beautiful... in French you would say: 'Vingt Dieux, La Belle Eglise!'" Sacha Distel "Wonderful, a voice blending the best of Jeri Southern and Peggy Lee" Chuck Niles. KLON National Jazz Radio, USA

read review of Joan's performance with Jeff Darrohn's 'Saxon' at 'Jazz at the Manor' (pdf file) "Joan Viskant has a voice that sounds like she hasn't quite gotten out of bed yet..... "An exciting new singer" Ned Sherrin. 'Loose Ends' BBC Radio 4