Monday, December 12th, 2011 4:49 PM
Hilary Gardner, like the great 'girl singers' of decades past, brings elegance and wit to every song she sings. She lends a touch of vintage cool to new material and makes the old songs sound fresh again. -Twyla Tharp, Tony & Emmy award-winning director/choreographer
Monday, December 12th, 2011 4:48 PM
If there is anyone who can evoke the class and sophistication of the 'girl singer,' it's Hilary Gardner. Her singing is effortless and intelligent with a personal warmth and musicality that makes for delicious listening.  -Manhattan Transfer's Janis Siegel, Grammy award-winning vocalist 
Thursday, October 20th, 2011 3:06 PM

Praise for West 73rd in the Berkshires

"The vocalist was Hilary Gardner and she was terrific. She has a pretty voice and a great jazz feel, whether on ballads or up-tempo numbers...if you have the opportunity to see this group, or to see Hilary Gardner in this or another setting, you should definitely check her out. She’s a jazz singer worth hearing, very musical..." 
-jazzcollector.com 
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011 3:11 PM

Hilary is featured in the Brooklyn Rail

"Gardner’s phrasing is precise and poignant, bringing to mind big band vocalists like Helen Forrest and Ivie Anderson...The applause for Gardner is effusive as she relinquishes the microphone."
-William S. Niederkorn, The Brooklyn Rail
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Thursday, April 1st, 2010 9:46 PM

Praise for "Come Fly Away"

“The singer Hilary Gardner -- who scat sings, has a few solos, ("Crush on you," yum) and a number of "duets" with the recorded Sinatra -- is wonderful and deserves a spotlight…easily enhancing the original recordings.”  
-Patricia Zohn, Huffington Post
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Saturday, March 20th, 2010 8:46 PM
“The tangy-voiced Hilary Gardner performed elegantly...”  
-Elysa Gardner, USA Today
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 1:20 PM
"the additional vocal styling of Hilary Gardner...is so fine and elegant that it takes a song or two to notice that she is alive and glowing."
-Tulis McCall, newyorktheatreguide.com
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Monday, March 15th, 2010 5:50 PM
"the Chairman of the Board's recorded voice (is) augmented by the sweet crooning of featured vocalist Hilary Gardner - it seem(s) as if Sinatra were still alive and duetting with Gardner."
-David Sheward, Backstage
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Monday, March 1st, 2010 5:49 PM
"Tharp's added "a terrific 'featured vocalist,' Hilary Gardner... to embroider, to amplify - it works perfectly, both as a change of tone and as helping to make the whole show more present, more current. At times I wished Gardner were down on the floor of the nightclub rather than up on the bandstand with her fellow musicians."
-Robert Gottlieb, The New York Observer
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Sunday, February 7th, 2010 5:49 PM
"...in a sense, singing duets onstage with Frank Sinatra's recorded voice is like going back in time to my childhood, when singing along with records was just the purest form of joy I knew."
-The Faster Times interview with Hilary
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Monday, February 1st, 2010 5:49 PM
"...a heartfelt 'I've Got a Crush on You' provide(s) a female perspective and undercut(s) a bit of the Sinatra machismo. 'It's the embodiment of the jaunty, masculine, hard-swinging stuff,' Gardner says, 'but the women in this show really have a lot to say. It seems as though my role here is to provide a musical counterpoint.'"
-Newark Star-Ledger, featuring an interview with Hilary
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010 5:49 PM

Praise for "Hope Is Gone"

"Hilary Gardner, she was born at the wrong time. She should have been born in 1935, just her vocal approach and her voice. Put her in front of the crummiest microphone and she sounds like a young Patti Page."
-Moby
Thursday, January 7th, 2010 5:48 PM
"Hilary Gardner's vocal elevates the beehived wooziness of 'Hope Is Gone' to something positively Lynchian."  
-Iain Moffat, The Quietus (Review of Moby's 2009 release, "Wait For Me")
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 9:55 PM
"The torchy 'Hope Is Gone' cast(s) an indigo haze around the album."
-Ventvox.com
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 6:44 PM

Praise for West 73rd and "The Kurt Weill Project"

"Hilary Gardner, her voice sparkling like the diamonds in the tiny heart-shaped pendant around her neck, began singing..."  -Vincent M. Mallozzi, New York Times  » read article

Monday, January 19th, 2009 6:52 PM

"Hilary Gardner's lovely, cloudless voice and superb musicianship shed new light on the dark complexities of Kurt Weill, and on all the other choice material they perform. She and the men of West 73rd are adventurous interpreters, but respectful ones. They push boundaries, yet do it with a silky lightness that makes their work a pleasure to hear."   -James Gavin, author of "Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne" and "Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker" » Visit James Gavin's website

Sunday, January 18th, 2009 6:36 PM

"Gardner's beautiful, clear, flexible voice was as smooth as fine aged bourbon."  -Michael Patrick Hearn, theaterscene.net  » read article

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 6:59 PM

"...her intelligent delivery and poised presence are constant throughout the evening..." -Jason Jacobs, nytheatre.com » read article