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"the beats delivered by this quartet are morbidly obese, the guitar playing is full of sly twists, and the net result is a jazz album with all the hipster elan of a "66 Dodge Polara" - Guitar Player magazine

"Will Bernard's Blue Plate Special features a veritable supergroup of modern jazz" - All About Jazz

"smooth yet probing hollowbody...greasy keyboards....bang on a can drums....snappy bass"
**** - Downbeat magazine
TITLE
PUBLICATION
DATE
Gonzo Soul-Jazz Down Beat
April 2009
Show Review: Highline Ballroom 3/26/09 Glide Magazine
April 16, 2009
HT Interview: Ain’t No Bugs on Will Bernard Glide Magazine
March 13, 2009
"Blue Plate Special & Night and Day Review" All About Jazz
March 8, 2009
"Blue Plate Special Review" Down Beat
February 2009
"Blue Plate Special Review" Guitar Player
January 2009
"Blue Plate Special Review" All About Jazz
December 21, 2008
High Sierra JamBase
July 23, 2008
All Music Guide
2008
Guitar Player
October 2007
Axe Magazine (Italy)
October 2007
El Intruso (Argentina)
October 2007
Billboard
March 2007
Contra Costa Times
March 12, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle
March 11, 2007
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews
March 3, 2007
See! Hear!
February 12, 2007
Reno Gazette
February 1, 2007
Jazz Online
2005
AllAboutJazz.com
August 2005
Tampa Bay Weekly Planet
July 2005
San Francisco Chronicle
May 1, 2005
Jambase
April 1, 2005
Jambase
August 29, 2004
Guitar Player
May 2001
San Jose Mercury News
March 9, 2001
Metro Santa Cruz
February 28, 2001
Berkeley Express
February 16, 2001
San Francisco Guardian
12/6-12/2000
San Francisco Guardian
9/20-26/2000
San Francisco Guardian
1998
ONLINE REVIEWS
WHAT CRITICS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT WILL'S FIRST ALBUM, "MEDICINE HAT"

The Will Bernard 4-tet is the BEST groove band to come out of San Francisco in years
---The Stranger (Seattle)

"Medicine Hat" ranks at the top of the pack of this years jazz releases
---San Francisco Chronicle

This "Medicine Hat" is dope
---Guitar Magazine

Fresh enough to keep listeners ears cocked high as a dog's on July 4th
---Musician

"Medicine Hat" is a provocative, propulsive foray into the international language of jazz
---The Oakland Tribune

An early contender for my "best of '98" list of CDs
---Keyboard Magazine

Bernard's flexibility and proficiency on the guitar can encourage older listeners to wonder in what direction the great Charlie Christian, inadvertent founder of the modern jazz guitar style, would have taken had he not died in the 1940's at 24
---San Francisco Examiner

.....beats the retro trap with the supreme taste of the leader's energetic arrangements
---SF Weekly

.....etonnante detonnante et parfois meme nostalgique
---Jazz Notes

A lively record of unexpected beauty
---Seattle Weekly

Illustrates how expressive a guitar can be in the hands of an expert
---Rock Love Magazine

Decidedly a hip level affair
---Billboard Magazine