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DEAN MUCETTI & RHYTHM REAL, Isolate//Integrate
It’s a beautiful musical irony that in many ways, we can thank Duran Duran for the incredibly dynamic, deeply funky blend of adventurous...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 3, 2023


FRANK PIOMBO, A Smooth Collection
Multi-talented guitarist Frank Piombo brings a fascinating cultural and musical history to his emergence in recent years as a popular...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 27, 2023


KINGSLEY DURANT, Convertible
In trying to grasp the multitude of creative and career transitions that have brought versatile guitarist to the equally simmering and...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 23, 2023


PIERRE L. CHAMBERS, Shining Moments
In speaking of a legendary and deeply impactful 50’s and 60’s hard bop bassist, renowned jazz critic Martin Williams once said, “A handy...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 26, 2023


ESTHESIS QUARTET, Time Zones
With the emergence of the Esthesis Quartet in 2022 following the launch of ARTEMIS in 2020, the jazz world has been blessed this decade...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 26, 2023


DEWAYNE PATE, On the Upside
The title of On the Upside, veteran bassist Dewayne Pate’s first solo album in nearly 15 years, says it all about the silver linings for...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 26, 2023


MARK ORTWEIN, It Was Time
Sidelined from engaging in their usual breakneck schedules, the pandemic lockdown had an unpredictable, dizzying effect on the creative...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 26, 2023

AMBER NICHOLSON, Far Away Dreaming
Conventional love song wisdom might tell us that the five gloriously relatable and soulful, pop, jazz, blues and country inflected tunes...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 15, 2023


LOUIS SICILIANO, Ancient Cosmic Truth
Usually, it’s the creative visionaries in the new age and ambient arena who take the mantle of musical exploration of the universe and...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 13, 2023


ELDAD TARMU, Tarmu Jazz Quartet
Though the wildly inventive, intuitively and conversationally dynamic – and oft-times, delightfully grooving and funky – Tarmu Jazz...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 13, 2023


MARIA JACOBS, Back at the Bop Stop
While it’s a most unusual practice for a renowned jazz artist to follow one live album with a second with no studio dates in between, the...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 12, 2023


DOUG MACDONALD, Big Band Extravaganza
Veteran guitarist Doug MacDonald is so prolific, his bold, colorful arrangements and precise, fluid melodic lines so adaptable to so many...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 12, 2023
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