"With 2018's Raising Our Voice, long-running crossover jazz outfit Yellowjackets offer a sophisticated, broadly stylistic collection of songs showcasing Grammy-winning Brazilian vocalist Luciana Souza as a guest artist on seven of the 13 tracks ... Ultimately, Raising Our Voice has an openhearted international flavor that seems to speak to a kind of creative inclusiveness Yellowjackets want to project into the world".
"Of the musicians picked as a backing group by Robben Ford in 1977, only Russell Ferrante (keyboards) remains. Now with the addition of Brazilian vocalist Luciana Souza, scatting and singing in both English and Portuguese, a totally new dimension is added to the Yellowjackets sound".