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CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ORCHESTRA, The Nutcracker Remix
Folks searching for the perfect stocking stuffer this holiday season for their fellow Big Band enthusiasts need look no further than the...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 1


JIMBO ROSS, So Do It
Sometime in the 70s, jazz trumpeter Don Ellis famously introduced the incomparably eclectic Jimbo Ross as “the only jazz violist in...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 1


SHOUT SECTION BIG BAND, Tatum's Swingin' Session!!!
For the past 18 years, trumpeter and music educator Brett Dean has been the toast of Chicago, leading his continuously gigging 18-piece...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 1


ESHAAN SOOD & THE SONIC ALCHEMISTS, Dream River
As New Delhi born and raised, Brooklyn based guitarist Eshaan Sood takes our attentive and excited ears through what he calls “a journey...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 1


LINDA DACHTYL, Full Steam Ahead
Decades after she first heard organ music popping from the hits of Santana and Three Dog Night, veteran Hammond B3 master Linda Dachtyl...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 1


THE HIGH SOCIETY NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND, Live at Birdland
Praising The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band, which in its current iteration has been enrapturing audiences at its Thursday night...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 1


JIM WITZEL QUARTET, Very Early: Remembering Bill Evans
Emmy winning pianist Phil Aaron, longtime collaborator and compatriot of veteran jazz guitarist Jim Witzel, says it all in his liner...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 1


HANNAH GILL, Spooky Jazz Vol. 3
Building on the (quite literally) spirit-filled vibe of her independently recorded 2020 Spooky Jazz  EP and its popular full-length 2024...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 1


GEORGE COLEMAN, George Coleman with Strings
Like a warm, silky and loving caress from a longtime friend, legendary saxophonist George Coleman caps an extraordinarily diverse nearly...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 1
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