ALEX COKE & CARL MICHEL SEXTET, Emergence
Saxophonist and multi-woodwind player Alex Coke and guitarist Carl Michel, leaders of the fascinating and passionately innovative - not...
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Jonathan Widran
- Jun 27
JASON KAO HWANG/CRITICAL RESPONSE, Book of Stories
Even in this day where streaming is dominant and packaging is slightly less valued, liner notes in the jazz realm play an important role...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 14
CHARLIE APICELLA & IRON CITY MEETS THE GRIOTS SPEAK, Destiny Calling
Voted onto the 84th and 86th annual Downbeat Readers Poll for Guitar, Charlie Apicella takes a fascinating career turn on the...
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
- Dec 19, 2022
CURTIS NOWOSAD, CNRMXD
Though Curtis Nowosad has been a major force in The Harlem Sessions local arts collective for about a decade and released two previous...
Jonathan Widran
- Dec 1, 2022
STEVE TINTWEISS SPACELIGHT BAND, Live at NYU: 1980
A still active figure specializing in super-galactic, ever-evolving and super inventive free jazz for over five decades, five string...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 16, 2022
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...
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
- Jan 16, 2022
SLUKA, Figure It Out
Imagine a band so bold, dynamic and pinball bouncing eclectic that 11 albums and 32 years after their debut album – and after a cross...
Jonathan Widran
- Mar 23, 2021
MATT PANAYIDES, Field Theory
The term “player’s album” is often a too easy go-to phrase to describe spirited, freewheeling interactions between musicians, but in the...
Jonathan Widran
- Mar 9, 2021
JONATHAN KANE AND DAVE SOLDIER, February Meets Soldier String Quartet
Good thing Jonathan Kane (drums, guitar, bass) and Dave Soldier (violin, strings) let their fascinating, multi-faceted, trippy and...
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