JASON KAO HWANG & J.A. DEANE, Uncharted Faith
Listening to any of the intricate, brilliantly crafted avant-garde recordings by violin master and sonic visionary Jason Kao Hwang poses...
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THE JW VIBE
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Jonathan Widran
Nov 16, 2022
CHRISTMAS WITH CHRIS RUGGIERO
With the release of Christmas with Chris Ruggiero, the dynamic, soulfully and gracefully performed and gorgeously arranged debut holiday...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 16, 2022
LOREN DANIELS, Ticket To Ride
Not since the recently departed Ramsey Lewis has a pianist and keyboardist so impactfully, artfully and imaginatively captured the jazzy...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 16, 2022
YOLA NASH, Manhattan Whispers
Yola Nash gives us some fascinating and whimsical things to contemplate as we attune our ears to Manhattan Whispers, the latest sensual,...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 13, 2022
ANN LICATER, Whispers From Earth
Though the pandemic raised our collective anxiety to levels previously unheard of, it’s not solely to blame for the chaos within us and...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 12, 2022
NOAH HOFFELD, Mobile Home
In the sparse but on point promo materials for classically trained Julliard grad turned synth pop rocker Noah Hoffeld’s endlessly...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 12, 2022
CHARLEY CARROZO, Blinded Times
After these hellish, anxiety filled past three years, hell yeah, it makes perfect sense that “Namaste” is the highlighted, most promoted...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 12, 2022
MIGUEL KERTSMAN, In the Moment
A wildly adventurous, genre-busting and insanely tribal and percussive jam session, Miguel Kertsman’s perfectly titled album In the...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 12, 2022
JOURNOS, In the Key of WTF!
In the mid-70s, Stevie Wonder graced us with an epic album titled Songs in the Key of Life. But as fraught as those times may have seemed...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 6, 2022
JESSY J, California Christmas Volume 2
Not that it’s a race or anything, but now that Jessy J is gracing us with her dynamic, high spirited, funky, soulful and playfully exotic...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 1, 2022
35th CATALINA ISLAND JAZZTRAX FESTIVAL
Among the great pleasures of attending the Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival are those brief, spontaneous conversations you have with the...
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