●"Hailing from Puerto Rico, bassist and composer Joan Torres is on the forefront of progressive jazz."
–Morena Duwe, The Huffington Post
●"Como bajista, líder y compositor, Joan Torres tiene todo lo necesario para sobresalir. [...] su música toma prestado de varias tradiciones jazzísticas, tanto acústicas como eléctricas, para crear una síntesis vital, fresca, inclasificable."
-Rafael Vega Curry, El Nuevo Día
●"Joan Torres is one of those incredible talents that you have to delve deep into the treasure chest of music to find. Hailing from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Torres defies conventional songwriting and playing styles in order to create his incredibly entrancing and technical music."
-Nic Raffo, The.Raffo.Review
●“I must admit that I'm hardly versed in Jazz, but Joan Torres and Before has me worried about the fact that I may be missing out on something tremendous. But then again, maybe it doesn't get much better than this...” –Brian Lion, Under The Gun Review
