“This is Post-Bop Modernism at its best!” - Jimmy Heath
— Breaking Up, Breaking Out CD "Notes"
“BREAKING UP, BREAKING OUT CD Review/Excerpt Deborah Weisz’s sound is her own, a dark burly sound warmed by a slow sensuous vibrato. She improvises long shapes, often incorporating unexpected and wide interval jumps without interrupting the forward flow of line. Her distinctive voice speaks a variety of nuances from gutsy to mellow, and her improvisations are wonderfully constructed solos that entice the listener ...” - Thomas Everett, Harvard University
— INTERNATIONAL TROMBONE ASSOCIATION JOURNAL Summer 1999
“BREAKING UP, BREAKING OUT CD Review/Excerpt Trombonist Deborah Weisz’s 'BREAKING UP, BREAKING OUT' is that rare debut that goes beyond showing promise to actually delivering the musical goods.” - David Dupont
— CADENCE Magazine March 1998
“BREAKING UP, BREAKING OUT CD Review/Excerpt ...with her warm buttery sound and fleet technique and, most significantly, her broad musical maturity, she displays an audacious range in terms of both tessitura and style... A debut to cheer!” - Chuck Berg
— JAZZTIMES December 1998
“BREAKING UP, BREAKING OUT CD Review/Excerpt ... an auspicious first recording for the articulately appealing trombonist Deborah Weisz... There is a strong presence of composition and arrangement here as well as a professional competency from all involved. They obviously knew what they were about as they poured their hearts and souls into making a beautifully enunciated jazz recording...” - Russell Arthur Roberts
— MARGE HOFACRE’S JAZZ NEWS, July/August 1998
“BREAKING UP, BREAKING OUT CD Review/Excerpt Weisz is quite a technician and soulful improvisor... an extraordinary musical statement for a debut CD. Highly recommended as one of the best new jazz releases of the past few years." *****” - Michael G. Nastos
“BREAKING UP, BREAKING OUT CD Review/Excerpt Original language German/English translation With her CD Deborah proves not only that she’s an excellent trombone player, but also a good composer!" (A condensed version of this review appeared in the June/July 1998 issue of the German magazine SOLO)” - Angela Balhorn
— MELODIVA April/June 1998 Germany
“BREAKING UP, BREAKING OUT CD Review/Excerpt Weisz plays with a warm, soft tone ... her note choices are always interesting and sometimes surprising in all the best ways. Her arrangement of 'Misterioso' is especially insightful, bringing out the New Orleans influences that are never far from the surface with Monk; her (plunger) mute work is funny, touching and tasteful all at once.” - Rick Anderson