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MATT SAVAGE GROOVE EXPERIMENT, The Groove Reawakens
Having released his independent debut album Live at the Olde Mill at age nine and establishing himself as a major presence as a prolific...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 29, 2022


MARCUS JOHNSON, Quarantine Sessions
While the first year of the pandemic was stressful and anxiety filled for all of us, it was especially challenging for musicians and...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 28, 2022


CURTIS NOWOSAD, CNRMXD
Though Curtis Nowosad has been a major force in The Harlem Sessions local arts collective for about a decade and released two previous...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 19, 2022


STEVE TINTWEISS SPACELIGHT BAND, Live at NYU: 1980
A still active figure specializing in super-galactic, ever-evolving and super inventive free jazz for over five decades, five string...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 1, 2022


KIRSTEN LAMBERT, From A Window To A Screen
Though From a Window to a Screen is billed as the debut album by the exquisite and sensual North Carolina based vocalist Kirsten Lambert,...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 1, 2022


MARCO PIGNATARO, Chant For Our Planet
The experience of listening to jazz is so stimulating and engaging on purely sonic and rhythmic levels, so it’s easy to overlook the...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 1, 2022


MATHIEU SOUCY, Recollecting
Two years after launching his recording career with two indie singles as head of a trio, multi-talented Montreal based composer/guitarist...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 30, 2022


AKIKO AOKI, Pure Imagination
Aside from her soulful, sultry voice and unique phrasing, the most salient feature of Pure Imagination, song stylist Akiko’s Aoki’s long...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 30, 2022


DUDUKA DA FONSECA QUARTETO UNIVERSAL, Yes!
The magic of serendipitous chemistry with the right compadres sometimes opens the door for a veteran, highly decorated musician to take...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 30, 2022


JOHN PAUL MCGEE, Gospejazzical
For multi-talented musical hyphenate (musician, preacher, producer, author, educator) John Paul McGee, the release of his extraordinary...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 30, 2022


MICHAEL KAESHAMMER, Warehouse Sessions
Long renowned for his freewheeling stylistic approach that alternates between and weaves together elements of classical, jazz, blues,...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 30, 2022


DAVID BLOOM/CLIFF COLNOT, Shadow of a Soul
Though we can surely find our own interpretations of the meaning of the title Shadow of A Soul, the fourth sonically and lyrically...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 28, 2022
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