"Best young drummer around!" 
-Jake Hanna, Cadence Magazine - June 1993

"Ascione brushed a trapkits worth of color from his snare!"
-Downbeat Magazine - 1992

"Fastest drum roll in the world!"
-National Drum Association, 1992

"Drummer Joe Ascione, who appears throughout this recording, uses brilliant brush work to conjure an image of a massive locomotive."
-Jim Ferguson - Liner Notes to 1993 Concord Jazz CD Release "Appel Direct"

"Percussionist Joseph Ascione is pivotal in that he provides wonderful time, an unmovable beat, and often very sensitive rhythmic variants that kick the up-beat tunes, and swing the more moderate songs." 
-Jazz Player Magazine, Aug/Sept. 1995