HANNAH GILL, Spooky Jazz Vol. 2
The folks at the always delightful Turtle Bay Records – a label where the best jazz players of today play the best tunes of yesterday –...
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Jonathan Widran
Oct 12
JIM WITZEL QUARTET, Breaking Through Gently
While the cover of Jim Witzel’s 2022 album Feelin’ It revealed its dual aesthetic as “Trio & Quartet,” the ultra-versatile veteran...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 12
TANIA GRUBBS QUINTET, The Sound of Love
Intimate, darkly soulful yet amazingly adventurous, the grand instrument that is Tania Grubbs’ voice is breathtaking to behold and a...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 12
THE JIM SELF/JOHN CHIODINI DUO, Feels So Good
Not that he’s slowing down in the least, but Jim Self’s decision to retire from his teaching position at USC after many decades could...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 12
STEVE SIECK, Crazy That Way
As a longtime fan of all things Mark Winkler, I immediately gravitated to “Paris Apartment” when I began immersing in singer/songwriter...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 12
MUSIC SOUP, Upbeat Mood
Considering the wonderful myriad of classic jazz influences and adventurous spirit of traveling inherent in the spirited, deliriously...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 10
JEREMY DION, Bend in the Middle
Admittedly, I’m kinda late to a thoughtful and rollicking, richly poetic party that started back in 2007, when Jeremy Dion, a...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 10
KIMBERLY YORK, Fun
From the album art of her wearing a pink motorcycle helmet and a tight-fitting superhero outfit and gloves to the raucous defiant spirit...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 9
JIM GELCER and DAVID VITO GREGOLI, "Authenticity"
In a brief promotional video for “Authenticity,” the fourth lead single from their highly anticipated debut collaborative album Quiet...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 8
MORGAN TAYLOR, "Energy"
A few lines into Morgan Taylor’s infectious and intoxicating new single “Energy,” the emerging R&B/pop singer/songwriter breezes into the...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 6
STEPHANIE AUSTIN LETSON, Telling Stories
Listening intently to and feeling gratefully seduced by Stephanie Austin Letson’s exquisite and dreamy, all at once spry and swinging...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 4
BILL HELLER, "Ripp Tide"
Listening to keyboardist Bill Heller’s funky, poppy, dynamic and soulful new single “Ripp Tide,” whose title is a wink to his many years...
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