JazzTimes (4/97, p.92) - "Vocalist Jeri Brown brings emotional texture to these eight selections....she scats effectively....Guitarist Leitch, co-arranger with Brown, is a sensitive accompanist throughout, while Lightsey and Reid always manage articulate, well-constructed solos."70.87318
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Down Beat (p.78) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Stallings sings with authority and conviction....'The Peacocks' is a ballad loaded with harmonic implication."JazzTimes (p.62) - "[T]he piece de resistance is a rendering of 'The Peacocks' that aches with pensive discontent."0.4907286
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JazzTimes (p.92) - "[Shner] interprets Jimmy Rowles' hauntingly beautiful ballad 'The Peacocks' and swings with Bird-like fluidity and fervor on her uptempo burner, 'Tuesday's Blues.'"0.4600648
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JazzTimes (p.57) - "He is a quick, clear rhythm-section player and an articulate, interesting soloist on all of his instruments....Deardorf makes inspired song choices like 'The Peacocks.'"0.3268456
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The Wire (10/00, pp.73-4) - "...Extraordinary music....Shankar leaps straight in with a peacock's tail of highly ornamented phrases..."0.207978
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Down Beat (p.72) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Peacock's immaculate solo on 'Runner,' Copland's dense but poetic harmonic extensions on 'All Blues' and Motian's spare, inferential rhythms throughout the album qualify this as a set not to miss."0.1559835
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Mojo (Publisher) (12/01, p.113) - "...Tracey steps out as arranger here...tempting the cream of Britain;s modernists to add their considerable character to his sharp chart sof under-exposed jazz classics..."0.1448649
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Down Beat (p.81) - "This is a program filled with zest and attitude, playing the Latin jazz card right down the middle, but with just enough ulterior motives to keep you second-guessing."Vibe (p.176) - "Subtle, sophisticated, and rhythmically seductive, JUNJO is a sparkling debut for Esperanza Spalding..."Global Rhythm (Publication) (p.47) - "Check out her arrangement of Egberto Gismonti's 'Loro' or her original compositions, 'Perazuan,' with its playful scat singing and teasingly syncopated interplay."0.1448649
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4 stars out of 5 -- "[The] unfolding mystery gains in intensity and complexity, building to a cliffhanging season finale that sadly will never be resolved."Ultimate DVD0.1436551
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"Unfolding in an abandoned autumn-afternoon Britain of suburban town centres and patchy fields, it is, against all odds, haunting."Uncut0.1436551
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Pitchfork (Website) - "Pearson manages to choreograph rhythms of all sorts -- both rigid and fluid, ugly and beautiful, straight banging and downright delicate -- into one slowly unfolding dance."0.1436551
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Down Beat (p.63) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he unfolding of their improvisations is never less than gripping."0.1436551
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"JERSEY SHORE is enormous fun. It's a comic-book take on the rituals of preening peacocks, male and female, whose days revolve around what has famously become known as 'GTL' -- gym, tanning and laundry. The cast has proved to be an endless font of hilarious sound bites and indelible moments..." -- Grade: BA.V. Club0.1299862
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Down Beat (p.66) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This beautifully recorded performance exemplifies Hersch's approach. He sustains a reflective mood in relatively conservative as well as adventurous readings of standard and original material."JazzTimes (p.93) - "It is lush yet measured, luminously poetic yet unsentimental, impulsively inspired yet formally elegant."0.1267568
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Down Beat (p.61) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The melancholy intro of 'Carousels,' his sprightly accompaniment and his own solos are full of superb harmonic choices."JazzTimes (p.78) - "BEYOND THE RED DOOR shows that thoughtful and thought-provoking music can be fashioned within the simple format of a duo."0.1267568
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Entertainment Weekly (2/23-3/1/96, p.127) - "The post-jazz guitar icon hasn't come up with an album this diverse and star-studded for almost 20 years....A lovably eclectic mess that somehow manages to make perfect sense, THE PROMISE delivers." - Rating: A-Q (7/96, p.119) - 3 Stars - Good - "...It's a strong album...with no hint of nostalgia....McLaughlin's guitar playing remains fleet and expressive, and his compositional powers show no sign of waning either..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.93) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "A scintillating multi-hued set...[a] blend of jazz, blues, rock, Hispanic and Eastern music..."0.1267568
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Clash (magazine) (p.126) - "A dark sense of humor runs through Boyd's lyrics, with the instrumentation consistently engaging and it's their most fully realised record yet."0.1267568
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The Wire (2/00, pp.34-5) - "...Documents the sarodist at the peak of his abilities, performing slow motion sleight-of-hand, gradually unfolding the shape of 3 ragas with exquisite lyricism..."0.1256982
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JazzTimes (p.73) - "[Consider] her 'At Last,' every bit as sexily jubilant as Etta James', yet unfolding on soft waves of contentment rather than ecstatic wails of satisfaction."0.1256982
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JazzTimes (p.60) - "Morris' double stops create an exciting launching point for the trio in 'Slow Cab.'"Signal To Noise (magazine) (p.51) - "[T]hese three know how to build tension across the arc of their improvisations. The saxophonist's plangent tone and unhurried phrasing meld with Morris's propulsive flow and rooted sense of pulse and Downs' limber free swing."0.1186003
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"[A] provocation....It strikes the urgent, open-eyed tone of a FRONTLINE investigative report....The film's atmosphere of plausibility is its most devious trick..." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "Director/writer Gabriel Range adroitly uses digital effects to create an almost seamless sense of reality unfolding."Box Office 4 stars out of 5 -- "Deliberately confrontational, though communicated with even-keeled clarity rather than hysteria..."Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A]s a provocative piece of social commentary it most certainly succeeds."Ultimate DVD0.1163027
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Down Beat (9/00, p.62) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...Her knack for working up clever charts sweeps us through 50 years of solid jazz hits....Sutton shows a silk ear for texture, a snappy turn of phrase, and no fear of trading fours."JazzTimes (6/00, pp.110-1) - "...Few singers are blessed with an instrument as lovely, crystalline and flexible as Sutton's voice....[She] is a singer destined to become a major jazz attraction....by focussing her attention equally on words and music, [she] achieves exquisite interpretation..."0.1086487
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