PAOLA PRESTINI & NELSON PATTON, Ancient City
With fantastical bios and resumes so rich and expansive that they merit outside the review links of their own (below), Italian born...
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Jonathan Widran
Apr 19
ED BAZEL, The London Sessions: New Perspectives From Studio 2
Though it wasn’t the first album in a discography that extends back to his 2013 debut Bella Piano, veteran pianist/composer Ed Bazel...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 17
THE NEW WONDERS, Steppin' Out
In these dark and divisive sociopolitical times that seem to have us collectively on the edge of our anxious seats at all times, we can...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 17
RICKY ALEXANDER, Just Found Joy
Even if you don’t know how soprano saxophonist and clarinet great Ricky Alexander discovered jazz (through his grandmother) or anything...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 17
ADAM HERSH, Tornado Watch
A regular on the L.A. jazz scene for the pasts few years, SoCal native Adam Hersch enjoys ensemble action with the array of local greats...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 17
NANCY ERICKSON LAMONT, Through the Passages
Though she’s been one of Seattle’s most prominent jazz singers for over three decades, Nancy Erickson Lamont’s greatest successes as a...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 16
TERESA STORCH BAND, Open Your Heart
It’s very telling about the great camaraderie of the four-piece Boulder CO based Teresa Storch Band that in their publicity stills,...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 16
RADHA THOMAS, As I Sing
On the bandcamp page for As I Sing, the latest album by Radha Thomas, one of India’s most widely recognized jazz vocalists, there’s a...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 16
DEREK FRANK, Origin Story
Lawd, the amazing fun facts we learn when a cat like veteran touring bassist Derek Frank immerses our ears, hearts and souls in the kind...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 16
CHRISTIAN PARKER, Change Is Now: A Tribute To The Byrds.
In 2023, Upstate New York indie singer/songwriter Christian Parker took a breather from a quick digital rollout of four of the five solo...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 16
AMANDA COLE, To The Water
Magnificently defying conventional music industry wisdom that tells artists and performers to choose and master a single path, vocalist...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 15
EVAN CARYDAKIS, "Paradise Beach"
Just a playful personal caveat before getting into the joyous, in the pocket, sizzle funk of “Paradise Beach,” Melbourne born saxophonist...
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