Jazz artist Quincy Jones said to a crowd after a screening: "I had the pleasure of being acquainted with Don Shirley while I was working as an arranger in New York in the '50s, and he was without question one of America's greatest pianists ... as skilled a musician as Leonard Bernstein or Van Cliburn ...
O artista de jazz, Quincy Jones, dixo a unha multitude tras unha proxección: "Tiven o pracer de coñecer a Don Shirley mentres traballaba como arranxador en Nova York nos anos 50, e sen dúbida era un dos mellores pianistas de Estados Unidos   ... como experto músico como Leonard Bernstein ou Van Cliburn   . . .