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"A great thing about Leslie Pintchik’s music is that it defies categorizing and is simply and appealingly expressive." —NYC Jazz Record (review of In The Nature Of Things by Donald Elfman) |
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| "The strength of Pintchik's original compositions lends her music great depth and beauty...." —Jazz Inside Magazine |
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| "...The trio's third CD together, augmented by percussionist Satoshi Takeishi, a superb colorist, highlights the band's uncanny empathy on artful covers of Bob Dylan's 'Blowin' in the Wind', the soulful Bonnie Raitt tune 'I Can't Make You Love Me' and the poignant standard 'For All We Know.' Those interpretations coexist with appealing Pintchik originals..." —Jazz Times (review of We're Here To Listen by Bill Milkowski) |
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| "...an outstanding example of the [piano-trio genre]...The album boasts strengths in every corner...Whether performing new tunes or old, Pintchik and her outstanding band take listeners on a lovely excursion." —Jazziz Magazine (review of We're Here To Listen by Ross Boissoneau) |
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| "Leslie Pintchik is the most moving jazz pianist I've heard since Bill Evans..an incredibly sensitive and passionate musician. Her music goes right to the heart." —Dennis Allee Jazz DJ, WOMR 92.1 and 91.3 FM, Cape Cod, MA. |
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| "A joyous, sparkling collection that is rich with graceful swing, surprising harmonic turns and phrasing, stellar technique, and drop-dead gorgeous melodies." —Coda Magazine (review of Quartets by Joseph Blake) |
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| "[Quartets has] the impeccably consistent wrap of surround sound for music done right. The sound only matters because the music is strong...Pintchik is an intelligent, tasteful pianist who has carefully configured a complete, varied, nuanced album...her best attributes are her sensitivity with ballads and her creative reimagining of standards, strengths that often coincide." —JazzTimes (review of Quartets by Tom Conrad) |
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| "Bittersweet, nostalgic, sad and probing, 'A Simpler Time' stops time." —Yahoo.com (Ken Micallef blog "Better Living Through MP3") |
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"Leslie Pintchik and Scott Hardy play
miraculous music - in tune in all ways. And you can quote me on that." —Red Mitchell |
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| "... one of the best compositions
of the evening ..." —Michael Bourne - WBGO-FM (reporting on the Cognac Hennessy Jazz Competition) |
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| "...Pintchik’s ballads...possess an individual poetry...the pianist digs deep burrowing into introspective caverns, yet never loses herself in rhapsodic musings." —JazzTimes (review of So Glad To Be Here by Steve Futterman) |
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| "... damned if her debut
album isn't a delightful surprise. She has a delicate touch and crafty
sense of rhythm.... I look forward to future works by the pianist...." —The Absolute Sound (review of So Glad To Be Here by Fred Kaplan) |
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| "Our new upstairs neighbor
seems nice, but we miss your music terribly." —Lynn Johnston (former downstairs neighbor) |
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