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Jonathan Widran
9 hours ago
REAGAN HUDSON, House Arrest Ankle Bracelet
The short and sweet bio of super compelling, wildly hilarious singer/songwriter Reagan Hudson informs us that he’s a cattle farmer in...
Jonathan Widran
5 days ago
WHAT!!!! In The World
Amidst all the searing soul balladry, deep spirituality, insightful and impactful social consciousness and rousing funk on their...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 15
MARK WINKLER, The Mona Lisa Sessions
The ever-fabulous Mark Winkler, a long treasured swinger, singer and songwriter I once dubbed the “poet laureate of the L.A. Jazz Scene”...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 11
JOHN STEIN, Next Gen
As John Stein caps his prolific 30-year recording career with Next Gen , his artfully and soulfully conceived and performed trio album...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 11
TERRY WALDO & THE GOTHAM CITY BAND, Treasury Volume 1
Under the direction of label president Scot Asen, Turtle Bay Records’ endlessly wondrous aesthetic of having their artists create fresh...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 11
ALEX McLAUGHLIN, A Brand New State
In 2022, when renowned bassist, composer and educator Alex McLaughlin left his position as a teaching assistant at Pennsylvania State...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 9
YUKA MITO, How Deep Is The Ocean
A popular presence at NYC’s now closed Jazz at Kitano for nine years, Tokyo native Yuka Mito shared her deep passion for her adopted...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 9
JASON KAO HWANG, Soliloquies
Starting with Blood in 2018, I’ve had the unique privilege of immersing in a total of four previous albums by renowned (and by now,...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 7
DOUG MacDONALD, Santa Monica Session
Veteran guitar great Doug MacDonald is not only one of contemporary jazz’s most prolific (10 albums in seven years) and diverse (quarter...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 7
JACK WOOD & NICHAUD FITZGIBBON, Movie Magic: Great Songs from the Movies
A veteran Southern California singer long known for his passion for vintage swing and timeless balladry, Jack Wood cleverly titled his...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 7
VINCENZO VIRGILLITO, Precondition
Aside from the fascinating array of sounds Vincenzo Virgillito creates via his double bass, electric bass, Fretless 5 and 4 strings and...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 7
DANAE XANTHE VLASSE, Mythologies II
To better understand the truly epic, musically and spiritually transcendent recording projects of the extraordinarily gifted musical...
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