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CLASSIC TWIST (KEVIN FLOURNOY & GENE-O), "Time For Change"
Gearing up for the release of “Time for Change,” the infectious, insightful and timely debut single from Classic Twist - the fresh,...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 19, 2023


SOPHIA AGRANOVICH/RUPAM SARMAH, "Love Serenade"
Based on the passionate and romantic Schubert piece “Serenade” (composed in 1826), Ukranian born classical pianist Sophia Agranovich and...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 10, 2023


ADAM PALMA, Second Life
Though it’s not exactly what the title of Adam Palma’s brilliantly conceived and vibrantly expressed fourth album Second Life refers to,...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 9, 2023


HANNAH GILL, Everybody Loves a Lover
The hip, colorful and retro green-tinted packaging of Hannah Gill’s full length debut album Everybody Loves a Lover indicates that the 11...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 4, 2023


THE NEW WONDERS
A hundred years later, the culture, music and enduring mystique of the Roaring Twenties still hold a deep fascination for those who care...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 4, 2023


AUDREY SILVER, Oklahoma
Audrey Silver’s magnificently arranged, thoughtfully and beautifully crafted homage to Rodgers & Hammerstein’s iconic musical Oklahoma...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 4, 2023


THE JIM SELF & JOHN CHIODINI QUINTET
There’s that fascinating instrument with the wild hybrid name again – FLUBA! A super low bass toned tuba sized flugelhorn designed by...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 4, 2023

MASUMI ORMANDY, Beyond The Sea
To fully understand just why Masumi Ormandy’s triumphant jazz career at the ripe young age of 84 (culminating in her exquisitely arranged...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 4, 2023


THE BIX CENTENNIAL ALL-STARS, Celebrating Bix!
Considered one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, cornetist Bix Beiderbecke only lived 28 years, but his legacy and...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 4, 2023

MATT ROLLINGS TRIO, The Valentine Sessions
Even if there were no grand comeback story attached to the Matt Rollings Trio’s eminently engaging, sweetly mellifluous yet often...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 2, 2023


COLETTE MICHAAN, Earth Rebirth
Inspired by working at the Village Vanguard in the late 70s, NYC native and world-renowned flutist Colette Michaan has developed an...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 24, 2023


ARINA FUJIWARA, Neon
It’s so delightfully rare to find a young, emerging artist so confident and sure of their talent and artistry that they make nearly every...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 24, 2023
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