JAZZTIMES: ”the most magical thing about Paradisi is your being able to believe completely in what she’s singing; you get the feeling she was there, that this was how it was, and that she has both scars and sweet memories to prove it…”(Jazz Times December 2002)


JAZZITALIA: “Special mention goes to Marilena Paradisi: by now totally engaged in research into ‘vocality’, the Roman vocalist takes the relationship between emotional suggestiveness and the physical limits of the vocal chords to a new level, as if continuing, on the female side, the research begun by the late, much lamented Demetrio Stratos back in the seventies. Her vocalisations in “Istvan” and above all in the disturbing Hot Tune fill the listener with both admiration and astonishment” (Review for the Cd ” Magique”  with the Hot Tune, Slam Record


THE HINDU: “In sharp contrast was Marilena Paradisi’s performance on the first day. This woman is one hell of singer, with fantastic improvising ability adding to a terrific voice. Her intro to Duke Ellington’s “Caravan”, with its take-off on a camel, brought the house down. She was brilliantly supported by Louis Banks on piano, his son Gino Banks on drums and Sheldon D’Silva on electric bass.”
(Review in ” The Hindu” February 2009 for Bangalore Jazz Festival–India)