CATHY SEGAL-GARCIA, And So It Goes
Over the past few months, Cathy Segal-Garcia has found some unique and inviting ways to whet our whistle for her upcoming album The Book...
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Jonathan Widran
Feb 24, 2021
SPONTANEOUS GROOVIN' COMBUSTION
Spontaneous Groovin’ Combustion’s explosive emergence onto the urban jazz scene these past few years with its dynamic of funky,...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 24, 2021
KARI KIRKLAND, Wild is the Wind
As your ears attune to the pin drop purity and transcendent exquisiteness of Kari Kirkland’s soulful yet ethereal vocals on her lush,...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 23, 2021
GREGG KARUKAS, Serenata
Gregg Karukas’ extraordinary success over the past 30-plus years as a #1 charting smooth jazz artist and one of the genre’s busiest...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 22, 2021
MARK WINKLER & DAVID BENOIT, Old Friends
Much has been made of the fact that during the pandemic, many of us have been urged to stay apart, social distanced from family members...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 22, 2021
THE DAVID ANGEL JAZZ ENSEMBLE, Out on the Coast
No doubt the name David Angel is new on your jazz ensemble leader radar, but that’s okay, since even legendary Hollywood orchestrator...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 22, 2021
DIEGO BALIARDO and The Gypsy Evolution, Este Ritmo
One of the world’s most acclaimed and best loved global music groups for over 30 years, The Gipsy Kings introduced millions of fans to an...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 22, 2021
IRA B. LISS BIG BAND JAZZ MACHINE, Mazel Tov Kocktail!
In his spirited, insightful liner notes for Mazel Tov Kocktail!, the bold, deliriously hard swinging, sultry and sensual sixth album by...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 22, 2021
JAMES ROBINSON, New Beginnings
The 12th of 13 children, Silicon Valley raised virtuoso James Robinson was blessed to have the guitarisma in his DNA, with six of his...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 22, 2021
TOM BROWNE, Come What May
Forty years (!) after Tom Browne blasted into our groove consciousness with his #1 Billboard R&B smash “Funkin’ for Jamaica” and the...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 18, 2021
ROSEANNA VITRO, Listen Here
In his insightful liner notes to veteran jazz vocalist Roseanna Vitro’s dazzling, jazzy, bluesy and soulfully eclectic 1984 debut album...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 18, 2021
BRUCE BROWN, Death of Expertise
A few decades ago, when longtime L.A. gigging singer/pianist Bruce Brown first tried his hand at songwriting, he feared he could never...
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