Jonathan WidranApr 7, 2020DIANE SCHUUR, Running on FaithIn the sensibilities of a master vocal interpreter and storyteller like Diane Schuur, great jazz is a matter of transferring passions...
Jonathan WidranApr 6, 2020HENRY ROBINETT QUARTET, Jazz Standards, Volume 1The timeless nature of jazz ensures that there’s no literal sonic era-specific “stamp” on any recording. An album recorded 20, 30…even 60...
Jonathan WidranMar 28, 2020MASA TAKUMI, HeritageWhen first discovering a vibrant, visionary new artist, there’s always the tendency to connect his or her artistry to others who have...
Jonathan WidranMar 25, 2020MYRA MELFORD/ZEENA PARKINS/MIYA MASAOKA, MZMSometimes the best pathways to understanding the intention and necessity for innovative artists to make experimental/avant-garde/purely...
Jonathan WidranMar 25, 2020ROBERT DICK/JOELLE LEANDRE/MIYA MASAOKAIn his fascinating liner notes for Solar Wind, a trippy, offbeat and purely improvised avant-garde collection combining the collective...
Jonathan WidranMar 25, 2020VANDERLEI PEREIRA AND BLINDFOLD TEST, Vision for RhythmHad versatile Brazilian drummer emerged from his vast decades long resume as a sideman with his majestic and melodically sweeping,...
Jonathan WidranMar 25, 2020JOHN DI MARTINO, Passion Flower: The Music of Billy StrayhornGenerally when jazz heads ponder the fruitful nearly three decade relationship between Duke Ellington and pianist, composer and arranger...