“With "Sofia's Heart" Marco gives us a vehicle to drop our defenses and feel all the joy and pain we normally suppress. One could not ask for more.” -Kenny Werner
“ Marco crafts melodies and plays the kind of fluid, beautiful lines that make you want to laugh and cry . "Sofia's Heart" is so pretty it hurts.” -Steve Greenlee (Boston Globe)
“Marco's debut disc Sofia's Heart is post bop with a smidgen of free jazz, (mostly) original tunes with haunting soulfulness and an almost folk-like simplicity.” -Mark Karesman (Jazz Inside Magazine)
“....hauntingly gorgeous new album..” - Robert Sutton (Jazz Corner)
“The attention to details, melody and beauty are the pillars of Marco Pignataro’s debut CD” - Rafael Vega Curry (El Nuevo Dia)
“The album as a whole is a work of art, one that reaches into the deepest recesses of the soul.”(All About Jazz)