"One of the jazz world's   mellowest voices "    -- Diane Gordon       JazzTimes, 1998

"Exactly how Anderson keeps her contralto so plush and supple ranks among the sweet imponderables of the art of jazz singing....  she remains an eloquent song interpreter with a broad array of expressive devices at her command. "
-- Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune, September, 2004

"At the Hollywood Bowl, Ernestine Anderson (who is now 75) showed that she has it, putting plenty of feeling into 'One Mint Julep' and lots of sass into her trademark song 'Never Make Your Move Too Soon.'" 
-- Scott Yanow, Jazz Scene, September, 2004

"Ernestine Anderson's style and physical presence is pure elegance and class, and is only outmatched by her own vocal brilliance."
-- Michael Kissinger, artistic director of the Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival, August, 2004

"On 'Love Makes the Changes,' Anderson's exquisite voice, smooth as buttered rum, is deeper and huskier than we remember it from her long ago salad days at Mercury or even her 1980s resurgence at Concord but is no less alluring. "
-- Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes, April, 2004

"What comes out of Anderson is a deep feeling for the blues and swing, a natural phrasing that cuts to the chase and a sense of lyricism that doesn’t stray too far towards sentimentalism."
-- Beth Peerless, Monterey Herald, September 10, 2001

"Hers is a voice that knows when to be playful, when to bend notes, when to turn emotional taps on and off...."
  -- Geoff Chapman, The Toronto Sun, June 27, 1999

"Anderson remains a wonderfully expressive vocalist, able to pierce the emotional core of a lyric with seemingly little effort."
-- Mike Joyce, The Washington Post, May, 1999

"The intriguing quality in Anderson's interpretations of ballads is her honesty and straightforwardness. She does not use contrivances to put across emotions."
  --Roberta Penn, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 1998

"She has a warm, clearly enunciated tone, a good feeling for the song's story and most important of all, an ability to skim across the upbeats of a rhythm with the improvisational grace and ease of a vocalized Lester Young."
-- A. James Liska, Los Angeles Times, August 1997

"Her phrasing of a song is impeccable. Few vocalists have the ability to take the lyrics of a song and touch the heart and soul."
-- Irene Wadkins, JazzLink Magazine, May 1991

"If there's a better big band singer around, these ears haven't heard her."
-- Mark Holston, JazzIz Magazine, January 1991

"Ernestine Anderson sings with great clarity and beautiful diction and the subtle slurs and inflections she employs place her firmly in that select little group of true jazz vocalists."
-- Derek Ansell, New Note Jazz Journal, 1990

"If Miles had a daughter, she'd sing like Ernestine Anderson ... like Miles, Ernestine heads straight for the music's core of harmony and melody." -- Will Friedwald, author of Jazz Singing

"Cruising through a typical set of blues, sultry torch songs and up-tempo cookers, Anderson conveys a hypnotic and sensual presence."
-- Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times, August 1987

"Miss Anderson combines sophisticated jazz phrasing with musical intelligence in a distinctive, infectiously exuberant personal style."
-- Stephen Holden, The New York Times, June 1986

"Anderson knows how to transform and restructure a melody so thoroughly that it takes on a vital new life ... like Carmen McRae and a very few others, she separates the women from the girls." -- Leonard Feather, author of The Encyclopedia of Jazz