"A formidable improvisational array...a local jazz giant steadily drawing himself up to his full height..."-John Fordham, The Guardian
“…Atzmon is an astonishing musician.”
John Lewis, Metro, September 07
"Atzmon is surely the hardest-gigging man in British jazz..." The Times
"Atzmon is a loose cannon: a larger than life figure with an almost overpowering musical personality... it's as perfect a jazz marriage as you could wish for" Phil Jonson, Independent on Sunday
“A revelation, a multi-reed man of enormous talent.”-Tony Richards Musician Magazine
“Atzmon sends his soprano sax and clarinet soaring over complex rhythms from all points of the globe with a poetry that never forfeits control.”- Nina Caplan, Metro
“Audiences are clearly bowled over with Atzmon's whirlwind approach ... dynamic, charismatic and ... exasperating!”-Brian Blain, Jazz UK
"His flow of ideas and coherent marshalling of them makes for solos that are as exhilarating as they are impassioned fantastiK" The Herald Sunday Tribune
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Friday, October 2, 2009 at 9:51AM 
"1st Jazz album of the Year (2005)", John Lewis Time Out
"12the Best Album of the year", Time Out
Nominated 1st Jazz Album of the Year-BBC Jazz Awards 2004.
"A potently expressive musical angle on the world we live in". Jazzwise
"it's a taste well worth acquiring because you realise what a profound, moving experience Atzmon's lone voice raised in protest has been". The Observer
Musik Friday, October 2, 2009 at 9:48AM 
Exile-Best Jazz Album Of The Year, BBC Jazz Award 2003.
Exile-Best Jazz Album of the Year (2003), Time Out Magazine.
Exile -Number 14th Best Album of the Year (2003), The Observer.
Exile -Number 48 Best Album of the Year (2003), Jazz Time, USA.
Exile Friday, October 2, 2009 at 9:39AM 
The Sunday Times
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18 2001
Jazz New Releases: Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble
***Outstanding
GILAD ATZMON & THE ORIENT HOUSE ENSEMBLE***
Nostalgico Friday, October 2, 2009 at 9:05AM
"Atzmon's fluid lyricism is in full flow on songbook classics and worldly originals. But as sweet romance morphs to modernist uncertainty, the bittersweet balance and rich emotional palette equally impress." Financial Times *****
"Gilad Atzmon, the expat Israeli saxophonist/clarinetist, combines thrilling jazz musicianship with a maverick political intelligence" Guardian ****
"Like the best of albums" Jazzwise ****
"Atzmon always manages to tell a story" Uncut ****
"One of the finest alto players around, Gilad pays his respects to Bird i...It's striking how similar Gilad's sweet, open-throated sound is to Parker's, but as you'd expect from the fiery philosopher-turned-Blockhead, this is no tribute album." BBC Music Magazine
