"The jazz piano virtuosity of Joe Utterback [is] a fascinating combination
of classically-oriented technical brilliance and a deep undercurrent of lyricism."

David Allen Wehr, pianist
Gold Medal and First Prize
Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition

"... in [the] top echelon of the jazz world...
displays the polished technical facility of a virtuoso pianist
plus richly ornamented, highly imaginative improvisatory skills."

E. Alan Silver, President
Connoisseur Society, Inc.

"[Utterback] brings... a composite of the
greatest American jazz and piano styles of the century ...
the best of all worlds."

"Pianoforte", England

". . . such imagination and fantasy,
and such superb fingerwork in the phrasing of lines.. ."

Sequeria Costa, University of Kansas
Cordelia Brown Murphy Distinguished Professor of Piano

"[Utterback's] Porgy & Bess... full of pyrotechnics...
brought down the house...truly top-drawer..."

Darien News Review

"Joe is strong, with muscles bulging from his hobby, weight lifting...
you can hear that strength in his playing...
it seems like he could fold the instrument up...and carry it home...
on the more sentimental tunes, the emotion is more delicate.. .Sweet stuff."

Eugene Pitts

"A roller coaster of sudden and surprising changes...
finger-breaking flight... boogie-woogie and barrelhouse styles,
Tatumesque wild chases, Garneresque right-hand chording, and
more pianist licks and tricks than should be squeezable into five minutes."

The Audiophile Voice

"When he dives into one of his fast-paced blues solos,
you hear...that sassy blues flavor that dominates."

Lynn Bretz, "Lawrence Journal-World", Lawrence, Kansas

"One of those rare individuals who can play jazz without being restricted
by his classical training, without being stiff."

Dick Wright, Professor of Jazz History
Director of Jazz, Radio KANU
University of Kansas

Utterback turn[s] a soft, flowing solo into a dynamic burst of
runs up and down the keyboard."

Greg Bashaw, "Lawrence Journal-World". Lawrence, Kansas

"[Utterback] has that magic something that compels and propels his audience."

C. Henry Nathan, "Eagle Review", Wichita, Kansas

"He has wonderful gifts and can water-ski up and down the keyboard
without once losing his way."

Brian Wren, English poet

"Spectacular, lightning-fast bolts of notes ripple up and down the keyboard
when things get wound up; and when all is calm, there is deep emotional
communication revealed through his sensitive touch.
Rarer still is to hear all the variety Utterback creates between those two extremes,
accounting for no lags, no dull moments."

Sylvia Reynolds Henry Piano Faculty
Ohio University, Athens

Joe Utterback's recordings have been released on
the Kanwic, Jazzmuze, Inc., and Connoisseur Society, Inc. labels.