WILL FRIEDWALD (music critic for the Wall Street Journal and celebrated author) had this to say about "Ellington At Night": “…What makes ‘Ellington at Night’ so remarkable is the way that Nancy Harms and chief collaborator Jeremy Siskind have found a whole new way to sing Ellington, one that's perfectly in keeping with the Ellington tradition, yet, at the same time, fresh and original. …..her vocal timbre might be characterized as "cool" – though there's an undeniable warmth to her singing as well. Her sound is understated, yet it doesn't hold anything back. She doesn't give us anything more than we need – no note is unnecessarily higher or longer than it should be – and yet her spirit and energy are giving, even generous beyond the cool of duty. She swings like crazy, but she never makes the rhythm more important than the narrative……there's no doubt as to exactly what she means.……Ellington's most familiar songs...sound anything but overdone when Nancy sings them…… I can only imagine that on whatever turquoise cloud (Ellington) might be reclining on, he couldn't help but love her madly.” Reviews of the SHOW "Ellington at Night" "....suddenly lets her power loose on key phrases that display a reserve of swinging authority....Ms. Harms's show wasn't all impressionistic dreaminess. A tough, demanding swinger emerged in up-tempo numbers....Ms. Harms revealed the determination of a strong, independent woman who knows what she wants..... The final impression left by Ms. Harms was of a complicated enigmatic woman of mystery forging her own path." - - STEPHEN HOLDEN, NEW YORK TIMES "Harms skillfully lures us into the wistful dreamscape of a haunted lover leaning ever-forward, eyes fixed on her audience to convey the very essence of the lyric." -- BILLIE ROE, BROADWAY WORLD "Both jazz- and cabaretland could learn a lot from the elegant, understated, but beautifully expressive tribute to Duke Ellington that Nancy Harms gave on Wednesday at the Metropolitan Room. .....this show, and Nancy's featherweight, postcoital sound, made even Ellington warhorses sound new to my ears...." -- JAMES GAVIN (Author, "IS THAT ALL THERE IS - The strange life of Peggy Lee", and "INTIMATE NIGHTS - The golden age of New York Cabaret") QUOTES ABOUT NANCY: “…she engages the listener by seeming to put her whole soul completely forward…after hearing her just once, you’ll never want to let her go.” – Will Friedwald, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL “...Harms takes another leap, this one farther into the realm where voice and imagination come together to define the highest art of jazz singing”. – Andrea Canter, JAZZ POLICE “Her voice is warm, with a touch of vulnerability, and a believability…a young jazz singer worth discovering.” –NPR “She has a genuinely beautiful voice…and a spacious yet precise sense of timing. She knows how to tell a story and make a lyric spark and hum with emotion and truth. She has courage, and she means business…..Dreams in Apartments’ is about dreams in strange places and anonymous spaces that don’t yet feel like home. It’s about restlessness and change, the need to keep moving, the awareness that time is short, a life in flux and on the cusp. (A) line from ‘And It’s Beautiful’ could be the theme: ‘Every step is a new creation.’ Well-planned and well-paced, Nancy Harms’ second album – only her second – has moments of real magic.” – Pamela Espeland, BEBOPIFIED “Breathy, subtle vocalist Nancy Harms…. In narrative command” – Carlo Wolff, DOWNBEAT Magazine “…on her rise to the top.” — ALL ABOUT JAZZ “An intimate vocalist who sounds as if she is singing directly at each listener…clearly a singer with a potentially significant future.” – Scott Yanow, L.A. Jazz Scene “…Finally got around to listening to NANCY HARMS – my loss all these months – she is very good; good selection too ….. Her timbre has a delicious edge to it, and her time is very fine….” – Award-winning NYC-based author-critic GARY GIDDINS