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THE JW VIBE
Music That Sticks To My Soul
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Jonathan Widran
Mar 23, 2021
STEVE GADD BAND At Blue Note Tokyo
December 18, 2019. There’s something surreal about looking at the date of the recording on the back cover of Steve Gadd Band at Blue Note...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 23, 2021
MATT PANAYIDES, Field Theory
The term “player’s album” is often a too easy go-to phrase to describe spirited, freewheeling interactions between musicians, but in the...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 22, 2021
JUAN CARLOS QUINTERO, Caminando
One of the major challenges for veteran artists is adapting to the evolving way that music is consumed. In 2000, ten years into his solo...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 22, 2021
ERIC GOLETZ, Into the Night...
For a guy who admits he dislikes the chaotic connotations of the term “fusion,” veteran East Coast trombonist and keyboardist Eric Goletz...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 18, 2021
ATRIA, Moonbrain
Speaking candidly about the pointed messaging in many of his most enduring, influential songs, Curtis Mayfield once said, “Painless...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 15, 2021
NIKOLAY NEKRASOV & THE POETRY YOU'VE HUMMED WITHOUT KNOWING IT
All music is poetry in one sense or another. Sometimes there’s only a hint of it in the foundation or inspiration for a given song. In...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 13, 2021
DEPARTURE LOUNGE, Transmeridian
Like a warm and comforting, dreamily sensual yet wildly exhilarating visit from some cherished old friends, famed, quirky, trippy and...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 12, 2021
SARAH MENDELSOHN, "Lifeline"
In my (naturally!) glowing review of Sarah Mendelsohn’s 2018 debut album If, I praised the diversity of the eclectic singer/songwriter’s...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 11, 2021
MICHAEL LINGTON, Alone Together: The Duets
Unable to hit the road over the past year due to pandemic-related lockdowns, over the past year, many smooth jazz artists have taken...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 9, 2021
REZA KHAN, Imaginary Road
A socially conscious force in global jazz fusion, Reza Khan has a long-established history of blazing fresh trails, pushing limits and...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 9, 2021
JONATHAN KANE AND DAVE SOLDIER, February Meets Soldier String Quartet
Good thing Jonathan Kane (drums, guitar, bass) and Dave Soldier (violin, strings) let their fascinating, multi-faceted, trippy and...
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