"You're the real deal.” ---Mike Marra (Bass Guitar with Clarence Clemons, Nils Lofren, Steve VanZant, Run DMC)
…"ICONIC"…---Chelsea Morgan, Director/Choreographer, THE WEDDING SINGER, Academy Players, RI
“In all seriousness, you did a great job with that recording. Mission accomplished”… Carlos/Bassist on Bandmix commenting on “Excuse Me”.
“Ur special, I am thankful u came into my life"… John DeWare, fan, Amos House, Providence
"Dear Dyan, Again, many thanks for the 2 CDs. Your LUSTROUS VOICE SHINES THROUGH ON ALL THE TRACKS. Right away, I noticed Ann Ronell's ‘Willow Weep for Me’ on Dyatribe which was my favorite on the album. Also, ‘Come Together’. On Soul of the Water, I was particularly charmed by ‘Caravan’, my favorite Ellington. And nicely surprised by Esperanto. Maybe when I am in Providence again, I'll have a chance to see you perform in person. That would be a treat!” ---Peter Nevraumont, Writer, (HOAX), publisher, editor, award winning art director, producer “Ten Takes on 'Round Midnight", a TMonk Documentary Film.
"You are not a 'chick singer'. You are one of a very rare breed of jazz vocalists. You made it easy. And it's fun getting to play behind a real jazz singer. Hope we get to do it again." ---Bassist Bryan Frankie Rizzuto, Providence, RI
FROM: MICHAELMAXKOHL
SUBJECT: You're SO good
"Dyan, I'm writing to tell you that I stumbled on your {Bandmix} profile and your music sounds SO good! You've got great feel as a vocalist, and the arrangements in your recordings are sick. You're clearly a great singer and musician. Keep kicking butt out there!"
“You were absolutely spectacular flawless perfection. You blew me away and hit a Home run. Definitely a magnum opus performance!”-- Deb Graff, Innocence Project, Sleepless in Studio City, LA
"The SOUND is AWESOME! I LOVE the ARRANGEMENTS...And your voice sounds like BUTTER...The instrumentality...just can't say enough! OUTSTANDING!! " --Jennifer Jones, LA Based Director/Producer/Actor regarding "SOUL of the WATER"
"I love your voice...you could read the phonebook....You're a lady of class...not everybody can be a jazz vocalist"..... ---AJ Parrish, Operations, WEIB 106.3 Radio re: "Soul of the Water"
"I must say, the way you follow or lead the jazz with your vocals was very impressive. I really enjoyed your singing and drifted off to it yesterday. For that I thank you. The keyboard player in your sessions and the sax player were equally primo. I heard your Bonnie Raitt rendition (of I Can't Make You Love Me). Wonderful." ---(KEITH DeVAUGHN, Poet, Baltimore, Maryland)
“Just turned on my iTunes and Prince, The Beautiful Ones, played. Afterwards, I Can’t Make You Love Me, came on, and I tried to figure out who the awesome singer was, Lalah Hathaway perhaps? No, it’s Dyan Kane!!! Love it!” — Jennifer Jones, (Director/Producer/Actress, LA)
"Her voice has the sound of restlessness draped in velvet, like the urgent rush of a whisper moving closer. DYATRIBE is a conversation of words & sounds shared between musical spirits. It's a dance of laughter and souls, of heartbreak and silence, of loveliness and passion - a fierce, strident sword, wielded in song." --Toshi Taenaka, CEO, Interplay Records