2012-09-01
Four Star Review in DownBeat
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2012-09-01
All About Jazz reviews the Caramoor Jazz Festival
All About Jazz reviewed the Caramoor Jazz Festival and hailed The Cookers set, "amazing...The music not only changed the sound of the thunder and lightning in the Caramoor sky, it harkened back to a place in time when jazz was played at a higher level." read more
2012-08-10
Review Jazz Times
"The Cookers are hard-wired into a golden era of jazz history, but they use tradition as a foundation for creative fury in the present moment" read more
2012-07-26
Check out the Jazz24 podcast "The Cookers: A Bebop Supergroup" via NPR Music!
"...as a band, they're colossal." read more
2012-07-25
Review Ft. Myers Magazine
"The Cookers are a true jazz supergroup...Their thrilling reading of Wayne Shorter's Jazz Messengers classic 'Free For All' is the highlight of this strong album. Billy Hart's bruising 'Believe, For It Is True' is another. And Cecil McBee's atmosp read more
2012-07-16
Lucid Culture posts a rave review!
,"Believe It: The Cookers' New Album Is Amazing...It's one of those rare albums that come along a handful of times a year, that will blow you away the first time you give it a close listen." read more
2012-07-13
Believe is listed in the Roots Music Report - Jazz Top 50 - For the Week of July 13
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2012-07-10
On a recent swing through Seattle, the "bebop supergroup" stopped by KPLU to perform three songs.
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2012-07-09
The Cookers "Quest" off Believe is #2 on WRTI's Jazz Hot 11 Countdown
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2012-07-06
Believe makes Roots Music's Jazz Top 50 for the week of July 6th.
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2012-07-05
Believe is one of the Top 50 Read CD Reviews in the last 30 days on All About Jazz
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2012-06-26
The Cookers Bring their recipe for jazz to Golden
Westword's Jon Solomon interviewed David Weiss about The Cookers new album read more
2012-06-26
The Cookers at Jazz Alley - The real thing
Paul de Barros of The Seattle Times gave a rave review of Believe and The Cookers' dates at Jazz Alley, hailing "Believe, is a cooker, indeed...Show up or shut up" read more
2012-06-25
"The Cookers dabble in big-band-like horn voicings while skirting the genre's cliches, supplanting swing-era styles with a hard bop base." -Texas Monthly
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2012-06-25
"Marshal all seven of these jazz warriors together into one squadron and you've got a combat-ready all-star band. It's one that plays and records together with cohesion and creativity under the banner of The Cookers, a most apt name for this sizzling s
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2012-06-25
June 2012 Christain McBride Artist of the Month
Sounds of Timeless Jazz writes, " This set really cooks! Overall, this recording is an explosive set of post-bop originals that will make you Believe in The Cookers!" read more
2012-06-25
The Cookers – Believe (The Jazz Word)
The Jazz Word reviews Believe and writes, "Along with a cover of Wayne Shorter's "Free For All," the selection of tunes reflects the varied compositional styles of this stunning cast....these men eschew nostalgia and instead challenge any notion of wh read more
2012-06-25
The Cookers: Believe (2012) (All About Jazz)
"The Cookers bring a sense of egoless conviction to the proceedings. Nowhere is their dedication to collaboration more explicit than the record's sole cover, a rhapsodic reading of Wayne Shorter's incendiary Jazz Messengers classic, "Free For All." S read more
2012-06-24
Review: George Benson, Dianne Reeves open 2012 Vancouver Jazz Fest
Marke Andrews of the Vancouver Sun reviewed the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and writes, read more
2012-06-23
Coastal Jazz Society interviewed The Cookers in between sets at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
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2012-06-18
Bill Cosby makes more Playboy Jazz Festival memories
The Cookers are featured in the LA Times review of the Playboy Jazz Festival in which Chris Barton hails, "it was the veteran jazz group Cookers that offered one of the weekend's highlights with a hard-hitting set that seemed to catch Cosby's ear. "Th read more
2012-06-18
The Cookers' 'Believe' is one tasty platter
Examiner previews The Cookers Mount Vernon Country Club date in the article The Cookers' 'Believe' is one tasty platter read more
2012-06-13
New Jazz This Week: Gavin Barras, Fly Trio & More
eMusic's Dave Sumner lists The Cookers in his "New Jazz This Week" post and rates it "Highly Recommended." "blissfully straight-ahead jazz...Tunes smoke far more often than they simmer...Just beautiful." read more
2012-06-11
Saxophonist Billy Harper And The Cookers Play The Polish Home
Hartford Courant previewed The Cookers date at Polish National Home and writes, "Marshal all seven of these jazz warriors together into one squadron and you've got a combat-ready all-star band. It's one that plays and records together with cohesion and read more
2012-06-11
Half Notes: The Cookers – Believe (2012)
"are these cats playing dynamic, vital jazz at a high level? You'd better believe they are. " -Something Else! read more
2012-06-10
Billy Harper, Cecil McBee, Other Jazz Greats form Cookes, Hit Denver
"This lineup has jelled magnificently, and their new CD, "Believe", may even surpass last year's "Cast the First Stone" in terms of drive and camaraderie... everyone here is giving it their all, and it shows. The fire burns as much now as it did the read more
2012-06-09
Firehouse Finale, Uncertainty On The Road and Cookers in the Capital
"What is so fine about "Believe" is that there are no wasted notes or empty gestures, just music that reaches out to the listener's soul and feet (hard not to move one's body when these musicians hits their stride.)...this CD will make you a believer read more
2012-06-08
The Cookers – Believe – Motema The heat stays hot with The Cookers…
Jeff Krow of Audiophile Audition gives Believe FOUR stars and writes, "We should be in debt to David [Weiss] for putting this dream group together." read more
2012-06-06
Midwest Record 6/06/12
"The super group of jazzbos continues to roll along with a full head of steam on their latest...this is a full blooded, honest recording that is a top shelf sitting down jazz session..Wild stuff" -Midwest Record read more
2012-06-04
NEW ALBUMS FROM THE COOKERS, CURTIS FULLER AND VIRGINA MAYHEW ARE ON THE WAY
I Dig Jazz hails "Believe shows the band is still cooking...There're a bunch of all-star jazz bands out there, but none compares to the Cookers." read more
2012-05-28
The Cookers Believe Motema Records 2012
Brent Black of Critical Jazz posted,"The Cookers decided to dig deep and the musical gems uncovered are priceless." read more
2012-05-28
The Cookers - Believe (Motema, 2012)
Music and More says the songs on Believe "run the gamut of emotions from Harper's hard driving diamond edged compositions, to Cables' pastel shaded ballads." read more
2012-05-28
The Cookers Believe Motema Records 2012
Brent Black of Critial Jazz posted, "The Cookers decided to dig deep and the musical gems uncovered are priceless." read more
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