| "Vocal virtuosity...broad range of material that showed her assurance on easygoing ballads, soft, Brazilian scat singing, and punchy pep songs." | John S. Wilson, The New York Times |
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| "...a wonderfully buoyant, fluidly flexible singer...who can phrase a lyric with the musical acumen of a great jazz instrumentalist." |
| "Velvety-toned...sensuously phrased...scintillatingly swinging." |
| "Nakasian's vocalese and scatting both display a very fine sense of jazz horn phrasing yet she can also put across a ballad with the dramatic nuances of a cabaret singer." |
| "...a really fine lyricist...could rank right up there with Peggy Lee." |
| George Kanzler, The Newark Star-Ledger, NJ |
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| "It's not often that a singer builds a repertoire of songs far removed from her own time and era. Stephanie Nakasian is not engaging in nostalgia as much as she is creating her own day and time."..."Such staples as Like Someone in Love...are strung out like old-fashioned beads with a down-to-earth, clear, lyrical sound capped by a light, delicate quality of innocence - a sound suggestive of early Margaret Whiting or Ella Fitzgerald." | - Richard Pyatt, News World, NY, NY |
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| "... earmarked for stardom." "Nakasian has the two things that a musician must have: technique and inspiration."..."She seems to do everything right. Her pitch is excellent...her improvisations are not just space fillers and don't have the forced hipness that one finds in some pop singers."..."a really fine jazz singer." |
| "... relaxed at the microphone ... good rapport with the audience." |
| "She's always in tune, she's got great phrasing and can she swing!" |
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| "She is a capable interpreter, possessed of extreme musical subtlety, very good pitch and, I think most importantly, a rhythmic sense that is relaxed, swinging and precise all at once." | John Marcille, Schenectady Gazette, NY |
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| "She has all the feel and charm of an early Ella Fitzgerald." |
| Tempo, New Orleans, LA |
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| " 'LA' Nakasian: schot in de roos" ("Diva Nakasian: a perfect hit -bullseye")..."the main attraction of the festival"... "her phrasing was reminiscent of Sarah Vaughan"... "Meticulous timing and very expressive diction..." | Almelo, Holland |
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| "She sings the snappiest swings and the fastest scats with ease. She is equally adept at mimiking a trombone's smooth, mellow tone or a saxophone's staccato stutterings. " |
| The Morning Call, Easton, PA |
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| "clarity... precision of rhythms... expertise... phrasing" |
| Joseph McLellan, The Washington Post |
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| "Swings and scats with authority"... "Evokes Ella and Sarah without sounding overly derivative"... "Sensuous" |
| Mike Joyce, The Washington Post |