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DOUG MacDONALD, Live at the Rancho Mirage Library
Over the course of nine reviews I have written about guitarist Doug MacDonald and his various lineups (trio, quartet, big band, etc.)...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 10, 2025


ALBARE, Eclecticity
In my previous praise-filled writeups of versatile veteran jazz guitarist Albare’s Plays Jobim, Vol. 2 , Freedom and Beyond Belief , the...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 9, 2025


MELISSA KASSEL & TOM ZICARELLI, Moments
Since the title of the debut album by the Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group is Moments , it’s appropriate to imagine just how many...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 9, 2025


DEBORAH SILVER, Basie Rocks!
Boasting a two-word title that whets the whistles of jazz/big band fans and classic rock lovers alike, multi-genre vocal interpreter...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 9, 2025


THE BILLY LESTER TRIO, High Standards
Spiritual minded jazz artists often sense the presence of the ghosts of legends in the room when they’re composing, improvising and/or...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 9, 2025


BONNIE J JENSEN, Rise
A sultry, multi-genre talent whose sense of invention knows few bounds and gleefully hops barriers between pop, jazz, Latin and soul,...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 9, 2025


ANN LICATER, Echoes from the Forest
Over the course of eight albums since the release of her auspiciously titled debut Following the Call (2007) , the grand swirl of joy...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 3, 2025


HENHOUSE PROWLERS, Unravel
Even two decades and 10 studio albums into the Henhouse Prowlers’s extraordinary, internationally celebrated career, it’s hard to believe...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 1, 2025
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