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Jonathan Widran
Aug 13, 2024
NOSHIR MODY, Abstractions
In a collectively anxious era where we’re forever searching to transcend the day to day and aspire to more meaningful transcendent...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 12, 2024
JULIET LYONS, Breath of Gratitude
In the realm of new age and ambient music, the concept of gratitude is a common underlying theme, a foundational principle driving a...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 8, 2024
ROSE MALLETT, Dreams Realized
Riffing on the title of versatile veteran L.A. club and theatre performer Rose Mallett’s hopefully titled new album Dreams Realized , it...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 8, 2024
JAKE HERTZOG, Longing To Meet You
Considering that IVF is a highly discussed issue this presidential campaign cycle, the timing for Longing to Meet You , guitarist Jake...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 8, 2024
ISREA BUTLER, Congo Lament
Rarely has a debut solo album by a veteran musician featured so many personal autobiographical elements than Congo Lament , trombonist...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 8, 2024
RANDY WEINSTEIN, Hamonimonk
From Reflections  by saxophonist Steve Lacy (1958) to Monk: fifteen piano reflections  by Stefano Travaglini (2020), Thelonious Monk’s...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 8, 2024
PAULA MAYA, Rio De Janeiro
One of the great perks of living the streaming era is the opportunity to chart an artist’s evolution from their earliest recordings to...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 6, 2024
ALEXIS COLE AND THE TAIPEI JAZZ ORCHESTRA, Jazz Republic: Taiwan, The United States and the Freedom of Swing
Before we get into the incredible, internationally cooperative, peacemaking manner in which veteran vocalist Alexis Cole has chosen to...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 6, 2024
BEVAN MANSON Featuring TIERNEY SUTTON, Talking to Trees
While it’s usually artists in the new age realm who are inclined to create projects celebrating nature and the importance of conserving...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 6, 2024
MELINDA ROSE & FRENCHY ROMERO, I'm On My Way
Having first bonded at a community jam session in their native Miami that was open to jazz musicians of all ages, vocalist Melinda Rose...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 6, 2024
ZACHARY BARTHOLOMEW, Balancing Act
Perhaps the easiest way for a veteran and highly acclaimed live jazz performer and educator to make his mark as a solo artist would be to...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 4, 2024
SUZANNE PITTSON, Emerge Dancing
The story behind Emerge Dancing, veteran jazz vocalist Suzanne Pittson’s first album in 14 years, is a tearjerking tale of creative...
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