“Like the best of their predecessors, Panorama places themselves and their music in service to the people they are playing for and, somehow, they keep it on their own terms.” — Rob Rushin The Bitter Southerner
“A rock ‘n’ roll aggressiveness in the attack and a modern-jazz freedom in the solos” — Geoffrey Himes Paste Magazine
“From Eastern Europe to New Orleans, the panoramic view of the soundscape is pungently condensed to a hip and worldly mix where a freylekh meets a second-line, klezmer and more meets traditional jazz and then some. Live and acoustic, the Panorama Jazz Band is a rare sonic pleasure in the street or at a club…. They always “Come Out Swingin’.” —Nick Spitzer Host American Routes from PRI
“Panorama’s acoustic sound, produced solely by wind and muscle, insists on a physical response… This is New Orleans – meaning America – at its most panoramic. A land where a waltz fades into brass band jazz, where a Gypsy chochek bumps up against a Creole Mazurka.” — Michael Tisserand
Michael Tisserand’s books include “Krazy,” “The Kingdom of Zydeco” and “Sugarcane Academy”
“There is a delightful unity in the Panorama’s unique sound which finds and successfully blends elements common to all the musics they perform.”– Dr. Michael White Clarinetist / Band Leader / Educator /Jazz Historian New Orleans, LA
“(The) most eclectic and least stodgy of the so-called “trad” jazz groups currently active in town. (Their) approach vividly illustrates that fun and intelligence are not mutually exclusive states of mind.” — Rob Cambre Where Y’at Magazine
The Bitter Southerner, Feb 9, 2016: Kosher Gumbo by Rob Rushin
Offbeat Magazine, Nov 25, 2015: Rejoice! 20 Years of the Panorama Jazz Band By John Swenson
Offbeat Magazine, May 6, 2015: CD Review – Good Music For You by John Swenson
NOLA.com, May 22, 2013: CD Review – Dance of the Hot Earth by Alison Fensterstock
Offbeat Magazine, May 1, 2013: CD Review – Dance of the Hot Earth by Zach Young
MyNewOrleans.com, July 2012: Panorama Jazz Band – The Evolution of a Great Sound
NOLA.com, Mar 3, 2011: CD Review – Panorama Brass Band 17 Days by Keith Spera
Offbeat Magazine, Apr 1, 2010: Ben Schenck – Undressing a C-Sharp Major by Zach Young
Offbeat Magazine, Sep 1, 2009: CD Review – Come Out Swingin’ by Jan Ramsey
NOLA.com, Jun 26, 2009: CD Review – Come Out Swingin’ by Alison Fensterstock
NOLA.com, May 3, 2009: Panorama Founder Ben Schenck on His Influences and the Jazz Fest Experience by Chris Rose
Klezmer Shack, Jan 20, 2006: CD Review – Panoramaland by Ari Davidow
Klezmer Shack, 2003: CD Review – Another Hot Night in February by Ari Davidow