Hilary Gardner — Quote Sheet

"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
 
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 
 
"Hilary Gardner's lovely, cloudless voice and superb musicianship shed new light on the dark complexities of Kurt Weill..." 
-James Gavin, author of "Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne" and "Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker"
 
"…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, multi-platinum recording artist
 
"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
 
"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
 
"The tangy-voiced Hilary Gardner performed elegantly..."
-Elysa Gardner, USA Today
 
"Hilary Gardner's vocal elevates the beehived wooziness of (Moby´s) 'Hope Is Gone' to something positively Lynchian."
-Iain Moffat, The Quietus (Review of Moby´s 2009 release, "Wait For Me")
 
"Gardner´s beautiful, clear, flexible voice was as smooth as fine aged bourbon…"
-Michael Patrick Hearn, theaterscene.net
 
"…her intelligent delivery and poised presence are constant throughout the evening…" 
-Jason Jacobs, nytheatre.com