“ ‘Meet the World’s Best Band’.....a throwback to another era--thank God...”
— Jeff Turrentine, Forbes Magazine

“Alexandria Miller’s 21st birthday party,...a dazzling, glamorous, five-star party..at the Rainbow Room... (with) the wild band, Doc Scantlin and His Imperial Palms Orchestra...”
— Aileen Mehle, “W” Magazine

“For my money, Scantlin and band are the ones to see, and dance to …The man is a walking good-time warp in spats and zoot-suit key chain and white carnation and boiled shirt and swallow-tailed coat”
— Michael Dolan, The Washingtonian Magazine

“…the hottest act in town…there’s nobody, black or white, who can touch his uncanny, comic setup of Cab Calloway…(Doc is) the most sought after society band leader….”
— Alan Pell Crawford, Dossier Magazine

“Is this a dance? Or a costume party? Or have I wandered onto the set of some 1930’s musical? Doc’s band knows and plays just about everything, but focuses on the works of such giants as Cab Calloway, George Gershwin, and Irving Berlin…(the) party is perhaps the closest Washington comes to a …Madi Gras…(it is) perhaps the best show in town.”
— Joe Brown, The Washington Post

“Doctor Scantlin & His Imperial Palms Orchestra are hot & zany…(a) ‘Cotton Club’ style Revue that rocks like nothing today can!”
— Russ DeVault, The Atlantic Journal

“Scantlin’s all arms and elbows, a nutty herky-jerky Looney Tunes cartoon character, a cross between Kid Creole and Dr. Demento, with maybe a pinch of Pee Wee Herman…showbiz shtick aside, Scantlin stands out from the big-band bunch.”
— Joe Brown, The Washington Post