“Robbins has a breathtaking sense of time and technique at the drum kit and ferociously drove every tune Friday night. Powerful without being over loud, Robbins’ playing was the essence of taste and percussive texture and colour.”
Joseph Blake, Victoria Times-Colonist, Aug 15, 1996.

“Robbins kicked the band along with hell-for-leather abandon matching precision with his considerable energy.” Paul Wells, The Montreal Gazette, Oct 20,1992.

“...being given musical encouragement, especially from drummer Dave Robbins. Better to give a little extra presence, he wisely had his sticks out...
Robbins, sounding like Max Roach, encouraged the solos to their logical conclusion. On a couple of occasions, though, he turned quite ferocious, pushing the other musicians to a peak. Such outbursts were just what the...music needed.”
Mark Miller, The Globe and Mail, April 6, 2000.

“I was thrilled to hear the Dave Robbin's Sextet last night. I think his tunes are great and it gave me such a rush to hear "Rock Slide" again.”
Dave Coon, Kingston Jazz Society, May 12, 2000.

“Pianist Miles Black and drummer Dave Robbins were simply awesome: Black’s rhythmically sophisticated abstractions were driven by Robbins’ thrilling, ferociously propulsive drum-kit dynamics. This guy makes me hold my breath in anticipation of his next orgiastic drum solo, and I usually hate drum solos.”
Joseph Blake, Victoria Times-Colonist, April 17, 1997.

“Robbins' solo feature on his own composition ‘At The Mark’ exposes different
perspectives of his talent. At first, he could be any one of a number of swing-era drummers, [but then he] temporarily upends the feeling of a strict pulse, akin
to modern masters such as Elvin Jones and Tony Williams. Without pausing,
Robbins then shows off some wicked chops while traveling around the set. Even
during rapid single-stroke rolls, when struck hard, Robbins' snare drum
projects something decisive.”
David A. Orthmann, web site: All About Jazz, July 18 2001.

“Robbins, a technically brilliant, understated player, produced elegant, sensitive readings of a beautiful repertoire.”
Joseph Blake, Victoria Times-Colonist, March 13, 1997.