Sixty years after Jackie DeShannon introduced us to Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s timeless Grammy Hall of Fame song/anthem/prayer “What...

Even before the first listen to Alice Blue , the extraordinary, fancifully eclectic second album by Dr. Philip Ravita’s ever-adventurous...

Long renowned on Central Europe’s jazz scene as “Lili Mae,” Serbian born, Austrian based vocalist Lili Maljic’s exquisitely arranged,...

Over the course of nine reviews I have written about guitarist Doug MacDonald and his various lineups (trio, quartet, big band, etc.)...

In my previous praise-filled writeups of versatile veteran jazz guitarist Albare’s Plays Jobim, Vol. 2 , Freedom  and Beyond Belief , the...

Since the title of the debut album by the Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group is Moments , it’s appropriate to imagine just how many...

Boasting a two-word title that whets the whistles of jazz/big band fans and classic rock lovers alike, multi-genre vocal interpreter...

Spiritual minded jazz artists often sense the presence of the ghosts of legends in the room when they’re composing, improvising and/or...

A sultry, multi-genre talent whose sense of invention knows few bounds and gleefully hops barriers between pop, jazz, Latin and soul,...

Over the course of eight albums since the release of her auspiciously titled debut Following the Call  (2007) , the grand swirl of joy...

Even two decades and 10 studio albums into the Henhouse Prowlers’s extraordinary, internationally celebrated career, it’s hard to believe...

The term “Renaissance woman” is a convenient phrase, probably bandied about too much, to describe someone who’s pretty much done it all,...