top of page
THE JW VIBE
Music That Sticks To My Soul
Home: Blog



SCOTT WILKIE, Brasil
Twenty years after titling his debut contemporary jazz album Boundless, pianist, keyboardist and composer Scott Wilkie continues to push...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 16, 2019


PAUL BROWN, "Some of This"
Bringing a much-appreciated powerful infusion of raw, rootsy bona fide blues to smooth jazz, Paul Brown - one of the genre’s biggest...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 6, 2019


JASON HARNELL, Total Harnage
When Jason Harnell was six years old, his father, Grammy winning composer and arranger Joe Harnell, invited Louie Bellson to their house...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 6, 2019


MIKE PACHELLI, High Standards
Usually the term “happy jazz” is used by folks who want to knock the mostly peppy and lighthearted smooth jazz vibe, but that phrase also...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 6, 2019


PEARRING SOUND, Nothing But Time
Ah, sweet cacophony! The wild and wacky, breakneck sonic adventure Nothing but Time is the second offbeat offering by improvisational...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 6, 2019


LYN STANLEY, Favorite Takes London With a Twist Live at Bernie's
Awarded Female Jazz Vocalist of the Year for 2018 by Los Angeles’ KKJZ, the country’s largest jazz station, interpreter extraordinaire...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 6, 2019


JELENA JOVOVIC, Heartbeat
Ideally, an artist’s debut album should offer some autobiographical details through song that tells us who they are, where they come from...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 6, 2019


MARK WINKLER, I'm With You
While carrying on the tradition of the 50’s West Coast Cool with verve and hipness over the past three-plus decades as a popular and...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 6, 2019


LOUDER THAN ROCK - THE CALEB QUAYE DOCUMENTARY
A NEW DOCUMENTARY ON THE LIFE AND REDEMPTION OF FAMED ELTON JOHN GUITARIST CALEB QUAYE, SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON ‘ROCKETMAN’, FUSING...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 25, 2019


DEB BOWMAN, Fast Heart
Blending elements of her church and gospel music upbringing with shimmering pop and adventurous R&B, blues and jazz sensibilities,...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 24, 2019


RICARDO PEIXOTO, Scary Beautiful
With 2019 being the 60th anniversary of the Bossa Nova, there’s a clamoring for all musical things Brazilian that should spark keen...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 24, 2019


LAUREN HENDERSON, Alma Oscura
Besides having one of the most intimate, inviting and exquisitely sensual voices in the Latin jazz realm, New York based artist Lauren...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 24, 2019
bottom of page