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AIMEE NOLTE, Lighten Up
The cover of multi-talented jazz singer-pianist Aimee Nolte’s brilliant 2019 album Looking for the Answers features a playful...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 13, 2020


2002, Celtic Fairy Dream
In a brief but insightful documentary about the creation of their gently transcendent, traditional new album Celtic Fairy Dream, 2002’s...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 13, 2020


JAN HAMMER, Sketches in Jazz
The power of a single long-ago hit TV show to fashion our perception of a multi-faceted artist is staggering. Since becoming legendary...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 8, 2020


THE TNEK JAZZ QUINTET Plays the Music of Sam Jones
The name Sam Jones might not spark instant recognition among modern jazz fans, but his countless all-star associations will. Best known...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 7, 2020


LOU VOLPE, Before & After
In this age of digital consumption and streaming, it feels more and more like brilliant CD packaging concepts are a dying art form –...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 7, 2020


DIANE SCHUUR, Running on Faith
In the sensibilities of a master vocal interpreter and storyteller like Diane Schuur, great jazz is a matter of transferring passions...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 7, 2020


HENRY ROBINETT QUARTET, Jazz Standards, Volume 1
The timeless nature of jazz ensures that there’s no literal sonic era-specific “stamp” on any recording. An album recorded 20, 30…even 60...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 6, 2020


WITCH'S WALL
Checking out a new indie band for the first time is often a gateway to innumerable musical pleasures, and sometimes these extend beyond...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 6, 2020


DARRELL KELLEY, The Coronavirus
With the release of his powerful, no holds barred song “The Coronavirus,” Darrell Kelley perfectly meets our unique, challenging moment...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 4, 2020
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