THE HARRY ALLEN ORCHESTRA, With Roses
Strongly inspired by his childhood exposure – via his father Maurice, a big band drummer – to Duke Ellington’s tenor saxophonist Paul...
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Jonathan Widran
- 4 days ago
ANTONIO ADOLFO, Bossa 65: Celebrating Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal
Truly an ageless wonder carrying the romance, rhythms and mystique of bossa nova with him every time he brings his soulful magic to the...
Jonathan Widran
- 4 days ago
TATIANA EVA-MARIE & JEREMY CORREN, Two at the Most
On the surface, Two at the Most, the first dual album by NYC steeped jazz veterans, vocalist Tatiana Eva-Marie and pianist Jeremy Corren,...
Jonathan Widran
- 4 days ago
GAEA SCHELL, In Your Own Sweet Way
Usually when we talk of artists being “well-traveled,” it’s in reference to a frenetic touring schedule that takes them around the U.S....
Jonathan Widran
- 4 days ago
CHLOE JEAN, Fairy Tale Fail
With apologies to Alanis Morrisette – one of the great female vocalists that Chloe Jean doesn’t cover on Fairy Tale Fail - on a number of...
Jonathan Widran
- 4 days ago
ANTHONY E. NELSON, JR., Swinging Sunset
Now that the legendary Hammond B-3 Jimmys – Smith and McGriff – and the premiere jazz organist of our generation, Joey DeFrancesco, have...
Jonathan Widran
- 6 days ago
MATTHEW SHELL & KENNY MCNEIL, We'll Find A Way II
After having the privilege of writing about and of course praising the stellar, hypnotic, nonstop and infectiously grooving “Jazzy Lil...
Jonathan Widran
- May 31
TOM EATON, weathering
If you’ve been a fan of new age at any point since the early 90s, chances are that even if you don’t know his name, you’ve heard the...
Jonathan Widran
- May 30
BEN SHER, Samba for Tarsila
Internationally renowned guitarist Ben Sher’s deeply emotional yet powerfully swinging and eminently danceable latest album Samba for...
Jonathan Widran
- May 30
FELLA CEDERBAUM, Speech Acrobats
While it definitely takes a bit more intellectual attention and patience to experience spoken word poetry set to music than sung lyrics,...
Jonathan Widran
- May 30
FRANGLAIS, Pairings
Closing in on 20 years since a trip to the Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival in Samois-Sur-Seine inspired them to launch their popular,...
Jonathan Widran
- May 30
ISRAEL TANENBAUM & THE LATINBAUM JAZZ ENSEMBLE, Impressions
Even if you’re a massive Latin jazz enthusiast, the name Israel Tenenbaum might be fresh to you for a very good reason. The versatile...
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