Text Box: Caught Live!     Bill Milkowski JazzTimes 2007 “Singer Nancy Kelly adopted a kind of take-no-prisoners approach to scatting and swinging on revved-up renditions of “It’s Alright with Me” and “Jeanine.” A perennial festival favorite since 1982, Kelly is a world-class jazz singer in the feisty, swinging tradition of Anita O’Day. Throughout her scintillating set she demonstrated superb phrasing, excellent time, great intonation and tons of chops, with a load of charisma to boot.”   Downbeat  readers polls voted Nancy one of the top Jazz singers in the country 2 years in a row!   Dizzy's Jazz Club,  Lincoln Center, New York      "Killin" "You so get it" !         Don Heckman  L.A. Times  Singer Nancy Kelly's vibrant, rhythm-driven vocals have precisely the right combination of good-time energy, imaginative scatting and take-no-prisoners swing.                                    West coast Concerts: John Gilbert. Jazz review .com  Ejazz news.com Nancy Kelly seems to make history every time she appears both here and abroad When you have the musicians and the audience voicing magnanimous praise, an artist has accomplished a rare feat and Kelly sure did that in no uncertain terms   A Supernova On Earth "If swing was gold, Nancy Kelly would be the richest woman on earth" The sun was hot at Hermosa Beach and so was Nancy Kelly as she mesmerized the Lighthouse audience with her magic. Her worthy constituents, Ray Pizzi (Tenor), Jack Sheldon (trumpet), Greg Eicher (bass), Steve Cotter (guitar) and the venerable Bobby White on drums, supplied the fuel..Nancy and the boys rocked the house to thunderous applause. Kelly held the band and the crowd in the palm of her hand. With so many "Jazzette" singers on the scene it is more than refreshing to hear "The Real Deal" as Ray Pizzi the sax wizard declares, or “the only great jazz singer today”, according to Milcho Leviev the prolific and talented Bulgarian pianist  Nancy Kelly gives 110% in every performance and the audience can feel that effort, it shows in their reaction and response which is immediate and effusive. Her music becomes boldly original and creative..A true Promethean exertion of power and beauty. There were even people with cell phones standing by the bandstand trying to call others so that they could hear the sounds ...... One band member was heard to say, “A clinic in jazz singing was held tonight, I wish every singer in L.A. was here to see how it should be done”. One knowledgable listener remarked, “She is the best that I have ever heard”. Every musician in the crowd, and every customer (to a person) were giving accolades. Nancy Kelly is the consummate entertainer and the ultimate jazz vocalist, she scats properly and with authority. I will say without the slightest degree of hesitation, that Miss Kelly is one of the best female jazz singer that I have ever heard, bar none....I repeat, bar none.   Bob Agnew LA Jazz Scene “Certainly the Queen of the current crop Of Jazz singers, New York’s Nancy Kelly scurried through a round of L.A. appearances winning lavish praise at each stop. Kelly’s musicians were fit to Play with any Jazz royalty  When Jazz players behind a vocalist are in instrumental euphoria, you know something unusual is astir ]With out a doubt Miss Kelly is one of the most exciting singers in the business today”