Jonathan WidranOct 6, 2018JEFF OSTER, ReachFor more than a decade now, Jeff Oster has been one of new age music’s most transcendent anomalies, carving out a major, multiple-award...
Jonathan WidranSep 25, 2018DANNY BACHER, Still HappyWith apologies to – and more than a few playful winks at - Beethoven, multi-talented songwriter, soprano saxman, singer, swinger and...
Jonathan WidranSep 20, 2018SY SMITH, "Camelot"On “Camelot,” the beautiful, sensual new single from Sy Smith’s critically acclaimed new album ‘Sometimes A Rose Will Grow in Concrete,’...
Jonathan WidranSep 10, 2018PAUL BROWN, Uptown BluesWhen you listen to Paul Brown’s all at once cool and heartfelt, guttural and plaintive vocals on his latest masterwork Uptown Blues, it...
Jonathan WidranSep 10, 2018HARRY CONNICK, JR. 300th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF NEW ORLEANS AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWLWhen we think of New Orleans, certain images, phrases and life-changing events come to mind: Mardi Gras, Creole Cuisine, Second Lind,...
Jonathan WidranSep 5, 2018JUDITH LORICK, The Second Time AroundMost jazz vocalists who record standards consider themselves storytellers, but whether they’re superstars or, like the incomparable...
Jonathan WidranSep 5, 2018CAROL LIEBOWITZ & BIRGITTA FLICK, Malita-MalikaWith the release of the uniquely compelling, exotically titled collection Malita-Malika just a few months after her equally provocative...
Jonathan WidranSep 2, 2018RANDY WALDMAN, SuperHeroesLook! Up on the bandstand! It’s a piano! It’s a saxophone! It’s a trumpet! It’s Superheroes, a bold and daring, wall-scaling, day saving,...