MICKEY'S TREE - A Film By Belton Mouras, Jr.
In the heartfelt “Director’s Statement” video Belton Mouras, Jr. shares on the website promoting his beautiful, deeply emotional and...
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Jonathan Widran
- Feb 26
PIERRE L. CHAMBERS, Shining Moments
In speaking of a legendary and deeply impactful 50’s and 60’s hard bop bassist, renowned jazz critic Martin Williams once said, “A handy...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 26
ESTHESIS QUARTET, Time Zones
With the emergence of the Esthesis Quartet in 2022 following the launch of ARTEMIS in 2020, the jazz world has been blessed this decade...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 26
DEWAYNE PATE, On the Upside
The title of On the Upside, veteran bassist Dewayne Pate’s first solo album in nearly 15 years, says it all about the silver linings for...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 26
MARK ORTWEIN, It Was Time
Sidelined from engaging in their usual breakneck schedules, the pandemic lockdown had an unpredictable, dizzying effect on the creative...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 17
CHRISTINA TOURIN, Geodepédie - Hidden Light
“Geodepédie - Hidden Light” - For Christina Tourin, this powerful, thought provoking phrase is more than simply the perfect title for the...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 15
AMBER NICHOLSON, Far Away Dreaming
Conventional love song wisdom might tell us that the five gloriously relatable and soulful, pop, jazz, blues and country inflected tunes...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 15
MATTHEW J VAN HOWE, Cognitive Concrete
Whether he’s listening to Beethoven or Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, a musical compadre of mine always says, “To catchy every intricate...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 13
LOUIS SICILIANO, Ancient Cosmic Truth
Usually, it’s the creative visionaries in the new age and ambient arena who take the mantle of musical exploration of the universe and...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 13
ELDAD TARMU, Tarmu Jazz Quartet
Though the wildly inventive, intuitively and conversationally dynamic – and oft-times, delightfully grooving and funky – Tarmu Jazz...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 12
MARIA JACOBS, Back at the Bop Stop
While it’s a most unusual practice for a renowned jazz artist to follow one live album with a second with no studio dates in between, the...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 12
DOUG MACDONALD, Big Band Extravaganza
Veteran guitarist Doug MacDonald is so prolific, his bold, colorful arrangements and precise, fluid melodic lines so adaptable to so many...
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