Not that our sense of what qualifies as “normal” will ever quite be the same after this, but in a normal year, a review of the annual Dav...

Considering the way Rebecca Angel’s sultry vocals have till now wrapped themselves so beautifully around the melodies and grooves of trad...

Sometimes when all the creative stars align just right, a song written and performed by two beloved, multi-talented veteran artists meets...

The pandemic has been a hindrance to a lot of musical traditions we’re used to, but thankfully, it can’t stop the release of grand holida...

True to its whimsical title, Bucket List, the first ever project by the Jim Waller Big Band, finds the veteran composer/arranger and mult...

In my enthusiastic review of guitarist Dave Stryker’s 2019 album Eight Track III – which capped his trilogy of contemporary jazz interpre...

Weird how sometimes, the most amazing indie bands just disappear after a fast start. Fortunately, some, like the sonically raw, dreamy an...

In the sensibilities of a master vocal interpreter and storyteller like Diane Schuur, great jazz is a matter of transferring passions fro...

Checking out a new indie band for the first time is often a gateway to innumerable musical pleasures, and sometimes these extend beyond t...

With the release of his powerful, no holds barred song “The Coronavirus,” Darrell Kelley perfectly meets our unique, challenging moment i...

As dynamic and infectious as the hits that made composer, keyboardist and producer Skinny Hightower a force in urban jazz are, the deeply...

Whether they’re whipping fans into a funk, soul and romance filled frenzy at their beloved home base of Spaghettini in Seal Beach, CA or ...

True to the diversity of Tony Saunders’ legendary resume, the bassist/composer – while remaining in the melodic, groove-intensive pocket ...

A 2018 winner of the Bay Area Jazz and Blues Artist Lifetime Achievement Award, San Francisco based internationally renowned jazz and R&B...

A true socially conscious Renaissance man for our time, Darrell Kelley has been an unstoppable creative and grooving force of nature sinc...

Connected in so many fascinating ways to rock and roll greatness that his official and off the record resume defies easy categorizations,...

It’s kind of curious as to why Dave Morgan and Rob Susman, veteran sidemen and masterminds behind the slammin’, jammin’ high octane 15 pi...

Modern music has had a resurgence in the last decade. Leading the charge is a slew of new artists that are shifting the landscape of the ...

Long before she won the hearts of millions on American Idol in her early 20s, Kree Harrison was immersed in the musical aesthetic of Nash...

Since “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” debuted in February 2014, the opening “Hey Hey Hey Hey” riff by house band The Roots has b...