“They are (dare I say) as entertaining as any rock show I’ve seen in the Bay Area … Overall, this show is a must see … even if you aren’t a big jazz fan.”

“Jara Queeto doesn’t just have the coolest name in the Bay Area music scene, but he’s also leader of the coolest jazz brass band in Northern California.”

Critic’s Choice for the week of May 2-8, 2007

"Blue Bone Express [is] an eccentric little combo mixing NOLA-style Dixieland with bop, blues and bachelor-pad improvisation…. One song and you’ll know these people love to play jazz as much as anyone’s ever loved anything.."

"Even though it’s a bunch of white guys from California, they know what they’re doing, from the shuffling pace of their dirges to the joyous bang the tuba starts when he just can’t hold back any longer."

"Straight outta Oakland, Blue Bone Express — nothing but lively traditional Dixieland jazz here."

"Once you hear [Blue Bone Express] you’ll only wanna hear them for the rest of your life, whenever you walk down the street you’ll wish they were at your side. They play your biography, they play everyone’s. No matter what mood you are in somehow they tell your story."

"If there’s any hope for the future of [traditional jazz] music it’s going to come from musicians like these. Players who are willing to do something more with the music than simply ape past masters. There’s nothing hackneyed or contrived in what these guys play. They sound utterly natural doing what they do."

"Oakland-based jazz band Blue Bone Express spices up the already caliente Carnaval SF"

2nd Place, World Contemporary Music (with Hot Pink Feathers)