AllMusicGuide
Amanda Monaco's compositions take some time to absorb, consider them to be a multi-course gourmet meal for a jazz fan's ears, rather than the all-too-common bland, empty calorie fast food that attempts to pass for creative improvised music.

David Tronzo
...a spirited, dedicated guitarist and composer whose creative reach extends through and beyond the jazz idiom. She has remained loyal to the true nature of jazz improvisation by telling great stories on her instrument; her mature phrasing and emotional power are striking.

AllAboutJazz.com
Edgy, well-crafted compositions.

Time Out New York
...a serious jazzbo with impressive chops and a penchant for adventure.

Nate Chinen, New York Times
Playfully restive compositions.

Downtown Music Gallery
...a wonderful jazz guitar sorceress

Babysue.com
Amanda Monaco may very well be a musicaholic. She may also very well be one of the truly unique voices in twenty-first century jazz. Her approach is subtle and seemingly distanced from the pack in terms of her overall style of playing guitar. Joining Amanda on this album are Jason Gillenwater (tenor saxophone, clarinet), Fraser Hollins (acoustic bass), and Jeff Davis (drums). Together, these four individuals create some rather subdued, spontaneous, and occasionally intense compositions.

Jazzreview.com
...a guitarist who, with a spartan approach that is concerned deeply with melody, deserves a broader audience.

AllAboutJazz-New York
Monaco's guitar playing is well within the modernist canon, but quite distinctive: her phrasing is often made up of tartly dissonant chords and insistent yet off-kilter repetitions that remind one of Grant Green by way of Andrew HillŠ [Amanda Monaco¹s] debut as a leader is a welcome one. Her playing is utterly unique, a breath of fresh air in the cookie-cutter climes of both mainstream and free jazz.

Bridge Guitar Reviews
Amanda Monaco is a skilled jazz guitarist who together with her ensemble reaches beyond the traditional jazz repertoire. Amanda Monaco improvises great on her guitar and has a fantastic chemistry with her band. Highly recommended!

AllAboutJazz-Italia
There is a living, bright and critic musical thinking,which doesn't ingnore at all the accepted precepts of the jazz language but tries to extend their frontiers and to change their boundaries.