“… his focus on tunes keeps the songs effervescent and accessible, making Smash! perfect for that superhero lover in your life that needs a blast of twenty-first century large ensemble jazz.”

“Listeners can relax: there's nothing cartoonish about the music, though the boisterous energy of the performances does at times evoke the epic fight sequences found in issues of Batman, Black Panther, and Spiderman… As the scene-setting title cut makes clear, the band's playing is tight and muscular, and the writing and arranging strong.”