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KATRIONA TAYLOR, Blind Passion
The title of veteran UK jazz/soul singer Katriotna Taylor’s highly awaiting, lushly scintillating and stylistically eclectic first album...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 26, 2022


EVAN CARYDAKIS, "Movin' On"
The smooth jazz world got its first taste of the cool, soulful cosmopolitan saxophonist Evan Carydakis in 2021, when the Australian born,...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 21, 2022


CAROL ALBERT, Magic Mirror
When Carol Albert released her debut vocal and instrumental album Love in Your Eyes back in 1992, there’s no way the multi-talented...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 18, 2022


TRACYE EILEEN, You Hit The Spot
In what should be thought of as a beautiful dilemma, a multi-talented vocalist like Tracye Eileen is so passionate about several genres –...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 16, 2022


ANTONIO ADOLFO, Octet and Originals
Closing in on 60 years since emerging as a member of Samba Cinco, which played the renowned Beco das Garrafas in Rio, Antonio Adolfo, at...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 16, 2022


DAVE SLONAKER BIG BAND, Convergency
It’s been almost ten years since the Dave Slonaker Big Band earned a Best Large Jazz Ensemble Grammy for their critically acclaimed debut...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 16, 2022


MATTHEW SHELL & ARUN SHENOY, Elemental
It’s been both delightfully inspiring and energizing - yet admittedly also a bit challenging - trying to keep up with the ever-evolving...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 3, 2022


TRIBUTE TO PEGGY LEE AND FRANK SINATRA at The Hollywood Bowl
A key takeaway from the Hollywood Bowl’s star-studded, foundationally jazzy but stylistically eclectic Tribute to Peggy Lee and Frank...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 1, 2022


VICKI BURNS, Lotus Blossom Days
We owe the glorious, sweetly emotive, cool hipster swinging of veteran vocalist Vicki Burns’ latest eclectic album of standards and a few...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 7, 2022


ADA BIRD WOLFE, Odd Bird
Sometimes the image on the album cover is simply designed to grab our attention, but often, as in the case of soulful, deep voiced song...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 7, 2022


DAVE BASS, The Trio, Vol. 2
True to its bare bones, direct as it could get about its intentions title, when veteran pianist Dave Bass released The Trio, Vol. 1 in...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 17, 2022


MICHAEL J THOMAS featuring RANDY BRECKER, "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Capturing the sociopolitical Zeitgeist of a time when Cold War tensions between the U.S. and Russia were at a fever pitch, Tears For...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 10, 2022
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