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"I've heard my share of sizzling salsa bands over the years but I don't recall, until Friday night, ever listening to a sizzling, swinging salsa band....Hansen can solo as if her bow was afire....The whole room was jumpin' for joy."

-- Phil Elwood, San Francisco Examiner

"Some of the Southland's most energetically swinging Latin music."

-- Don Heckman, L.A. Times

"Her impeccable technique...and swinging, lyrical style makes her violin speak the language of Latin jazz with total fluency. Hansen and her L.A.-based group achieve a rhythmic groove that's nothing less than hypnotizing."

-- Mark Holston, JAZZIZ Magazine

"Susie Hansen: una estrella insólita en el jazz latino."

-- Juan Fernando Merino, El Diario de la Prensa, New York City

"A sensational band,... a terrific violinist... Salsa meets jazz with a hot violin leading the way."

-- Walberto Escobar, Sabor Magazine

"Susie Hansen [is] the greatest Salsa violinist in America."

-- Oscar Abadia, "Sabado Bailables," KLVE-FM (K-love), Los Angeles

"The Village Gate in New York was treated to a great show with Tito Puente, but one of the best parts of the evening was the guest appearance of Susie Hansen from L.A., who received a standing ovation when she surprised everyone with her violin riffs."

-- Nelson Rodriguez, Latin Beat Magazine

"Her band just gets better and better and better."

-- Cathy Diaz, "Canto Tropical", KPFK-FM, Los Angeles

"Impeccable improvisations, professional experience, and respect for both the music and her colleagues have allowed her to find success in a male-dominated jazz genre."

-- Imani Tate, City News

"Susie Hansen's violin, her style, her energy and charm make you feel good. She never fails to get an audience dancing and smiling."

-- Alfredo Cruz, KLON, America's Jazz Radio

"It's hard not to be moved by violinist Susie Hansen's vibrant Latin-based sound. There's a compelling energy, a winsome sense of melody that grabs hold of a listener."

-- Zan Stewart, Los Angeles Times

"Susie Hansen...is turning into one of the major interpreters of Salsa in Los Angeles." [translated from Spanish]

-- Miguel Angel Rodriquez, La Opinión, Los Angeles

"The music will display the band's appealing mix of salsa and Latin Jazz...for both listening and dancing."

-- Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times

"Hansen...knows how to make it cook. She twists her electric fiddle with personality, drawing out fluid runs and melodies. Hansen and the fellas sizzle."

-- Jac Zinder, LA Weekly

"Ella encabeza una de las agrupaciones más destacadas de jazz latino en Los Angeles."

-- Raymundo Reynoso, La Opinión, Los Angeles

"...a talented, vibrant pioneer."

-- Susan Wilson, Boston Globe

"A marvelous performer she is, with a host of heavyweights. Latin jazz at its best!"

-- James Janisse, KKJZ-FM, Long Beach CA

"...a tremendous talent on the violin."

-- Jesse "Chuy" Varela, KJAZ-FM, San Francisco

"She has developed her own combustible approach....Considering the career obstacles for a woman in jazz and one who plays the electric violin and an ethnic outsider to Afro-Cuban music, her success is even more impressive."

-- Lloyd Sachs, Chicago Sun Times

"Susie is a strong fiddler with a penchant for building extended solos to exciting climaxes."

-- Dan Weinstein, Mambo Express Magazine

"The very talented violinist, Susie Hansen...conjures up some solid Latin jazz that will really get you going."

-- Jose Rizo, "Jazz on the Latin Side," KKJZ-FM, Long Beach CA

"...a topnotch jazz violinist."

-- Jan Herman, Chicago Sun Times

"Hansen was a ball of energy--knocking out energetic solo lines, creating an atmosphere of high voltage excitement. She creates a brand of music that is as physically moving as it is intellectually stimulating."

-- Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times

"With tenacity and talent, Susie Hansen has been able to break down some formidable barriers to establish the Susie Hansen Band as one of the hardest working, most popular bands on the Latin scene in L.A."

-- Myrna Daniels, LA Jazz Scene

"Susie Hansen...possess a beautiful tone, and is a fine melodic improvisor....She is well worth catching live."

-- Scott Yanow, LA Jazz Scene

"Find yourself enveloped by the addictive sounds of one of the best Latin jazz dance groups in the area. With both the humility and intelligence to surround herself with a high-energy rhythm section, Susie Hansen is class personified."

-- Joe Jennison, Pasadena Weekly

"One need look no further than Susie Hansen for proof positive that the Renaissance Man is alive and well in the 90's--only she's a woman....A fiery violinist with a kinetic performance."

-- Steve Libowitz, SANTA BARBARA NEWS PRESS

"This young lady is rocking the house everywhere she plays."

-- Rafael Sanchez, Salseros Magazine, San Diego

"Susie Hansen...would be an asset to any of our area's orchestras. From complicated double stops and glissandos to the extreme, full sounding high notes, Hansen made it all seem like child's play."

-- Ralph Andrews, SAN BERNARDINO SUN

"...a nimble fingered violinist with an ear for Latin rhythms."

-- Bill Kohlhasse, Los Angeles Times

"She's a confident ball of fire. Her repertoire is colorfully seasoned with originals. Hansen has a product that fits in the groove and yet stands out from the rest."

-- Debbie Beyers, Pasadena Weekly

"She's a wonderful musician and plays her heart out."

-- Nina Lenart, "Alma del Barrio", KXLU-FM, Los Angeles

"Hansen harnesses the sensual prowess of a Jean Luc Ponty and displays it with such an overwhelming tipico Cuban feel... Susie, Solo Flight has earned you a noble rank in the world of Afro-Cuban jazz."

-- Max Salazar, Latin Beat Magazine

"What violinist Susie Hansen delivers can be summed up in a single word: energy. Hansen...is becoming one of Southern California's most popular Latin Jazz artists."

-- Zan Stewart, Los Angeles Times

"Susie Hansen is a real find. ...She stands out as a unique commodity in the music world today."

-- Joey Alkes, LA Express