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RAVITA JAZZ, Alice Blue
Even before the first listen to Alice Blue , the extraordinary, fancifully eclectic second album by Dr. Philip Ravita’s ever-adventurous...
Jonathan Widran
3 days ago


LILI MALJIC, The Nearness of You
Long renowned on Central Europe’s jazz scene as “Lili Mae,” Serbian born, Austrian based vocalist Lili Maljic’s exquisitely arranged,...
Jonathan Widran
5 days ago


DOUG MacDONALD, Live at the Rancho Mirage Library
Over the course of nine reviews I have written about guitarist Doug MacDonald and his various lineups (trio, quartet, big band, etc.)...
Jonathan Widran
5 days ago


ALBARE, Eclecticity
In my previous praise-filled writeups of versatile veteran jazz guitarist Albare’s Plays Jobim, Vol. 2 , Freedom and Beyond Belief , the...
Jonathan Widran
6 days ago


MELISSA KASSEL & TOM ZICARELLI, Moments
Since the title of the debut album by the Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group is Moments , it’s appropriate to imagine just how many...
Jonathan Widran
6 days ago


DEBORAH SILVER, Basie Rocks!
Boasting a two-word title that whets the whistles of jazz/big band fans and classic rock lovers alike, multi-genre vocal interpreter...
Jonathan Widran
6 days ago


THE BILLY LESTER TRIO, High Standards
Spiritual minded jazz artists often sense the presence of the ghosts of legends in the room when they’re composing, improvising and/or...
Jonathan Widran
6 days ago


BONNIE J JENSEN, Rise
A sultry, multi-genre talent whose sense of invention knows few bounds and gleefully hops barriers between pop, jazz, Latin and soul,...
Jonathan Widran
6 days ago


ANN LICATER, Echoes from the Forest
Over the course of eight albums since the release of her auspiciously titled debut Following the Call (2007) , the grand swirl of joy...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 3


HENHOUSE PROWLERS, Unravel
Even two decades and 10 studio albums into the Henhouse Prowlers’s extraordinary, internationally celebrated career, it’s hard to believe...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 1


BRIELLE BROWN, In Art & Soil The Same
The term “Renaissance woman” is a convenient phrase, probably bandied about too much, to describe someone who’s pretty much done it all,...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 30


ANTONIA BENNETT, Expressions
It will always be challenging to be fully objective about jazz singer Antonia Bennett – not only because anything she’s recorded...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 28
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