MATTHEW SHELL & KENNY MCNEIL, We'll Find A Way II
After having the privilege of writing about and of course praising the stellar, hypnotic, nonstop and infectiously grooving “Jazzy Lil...
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Jonathan Widran
- 4 days ago
BEN SHER, Samba for Tarsila
Internationally renowned guitarist Ben Sher’s deeply emotional yet powerfully swinging and eminently danceable latest album Samba for...
Jonathan Widran
- 4 days ago
FELLA CEDERBAUM, Speech Acrobats
While it definitely takes a bit more intellectual attention and patience to experience spoken word poetry set to music than sung lyrics,...
Jonathan Widran
- 4 days ago
FRANGLAIS, Pairings
Closing in on 20 years since a trip to the Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival in Samois-Sur-Seine inspired them to launch their popular,...
Jonathan Widran
- 4 days ago
ISRAEL TANENBAUM & THE LATINBAUM JAZZ ENSEMBLE, Impressions
Even if you’re a massive Latin jazz enthusiast, the name Israel Tenenbaum might be fresh to you for a very good reason. The versatile...
Jonathan Widran
- 4 days ago
CHEMBO CORNIEL QUINTET, Músicos y Poetas
As if the densely percussive, searingly explosive swirl of Latin rhythms and hard jamming ensemble weren’t enough to get you to listen...
Jonathan Widran
- 4 days ago
MATT BARBER, The Song Is You
A charismatic, vocally dynamic and mega popular jazz singer and vocal interpreter who averages an incredible 300 live performances a...
Jonathan Widran
- 4 days ago
THE LAS VEGAS BONEHEADS, Sixty and Still Cookin'
Ever wonder what those busy trombonists who play in ensembles and orchestras on the Vegas Strip do when they stop blowing and sliding and...
Jonathan Widran
- 4 days ago
MARC JORDAN, Waiting for the Sun to Rise
Now that Leonard Cohen and Gordon Lightfoot are no longer with us, the unofficial mantle of Canadian poet laureate singer-songwriter...
Jonathan Widran
- 4 days ago
JASON KUSH, Finally Friday
With a fascinating (conservatively estimated!) thousand-mile-long resume ranging from large ensembles (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra,...
Jonathan Widran
- May 15
MATTHEW SHELL & KENNY McNEIL, "I Want to Be Rich II"
In previous writings about the extraordinarily multi-faceted Matthew Shell’s work as an artist, composer, engineer, producer and...
Jonathan Widran
- May 13
EVAN CARYDAKIS, "Cherry Pops"
In my stellar review of fast emerging Australian born saxophonist Evan Carydakis’ on fire, forward thinking 2022 single “Movin’ On,” I...
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