JUAN CARLOS QUINTERO, Table for Five!
Nearly 35 years after launching his extraordinary multi-faceted career with his debut album featuring his mentor and Wrecking Crew legend...
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THE JW VIBE
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Jonathan Widran
- Jan 27, 2022
JJ SANSAVERINO, "Miami"
Throughout a fascinating, ever-evolving career that’s seen JJ Sansaverino share stages with the likes of Maceo Parker, Randy Brecker and...
Jonathan Widran
- Dec 11, 2021
AS IS, "O Holy Night"
Originally composed in the 1840’s with the French language title “Cantique de Noel,” “O Holy Night” is has become one of the Western...
Jonathan Widran
- Oct 19, 2021
CARLOS BARBOSA-LIMA/JOHANNES TONIO KREUSCH, Manisero
Manisero, the Munich tracked first recorded collaboration between legendary and influential Brazilian guitarist, arranger and educator...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 11, 2021
Calabó, Mind Colors
Seriously blown away by the crackling energies, sonic innovations and dynamic jazz fusion innovations of Puerto Rican guitarist Jandro...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 2, 2021
ANTONIO ADOLFO, Jobim Forever
An exquisitely and imaginatively arranged – not to mention high spirited and vibrantly swinging – tribute that could whimsically be...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 21, 2021
GAETANO LETIZIA, Chartreuse
Perhaps the word “eclectic” is a bit overused in attempting to describe an artist who takes a loose, freewheeling stylistic approach to...
Jonathan Widran
- Jul 26, 2021
ROB MULLINS, This Way Up!
As much as we cringe at the thought of cliches, they exist pretty much because they speak to universal truths about the human – and by...
Jonathan Widran
- Jul 23, 2021
THE COLOR FORTY NINE, String Ladders
For many less bold, adventurous bands, it might seem a risk to follow a debut that received two San Diego Music Award nominations –...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 25, 2021
REBECCA ANGEL, Love Life Choices
Hot off her hit sensual funk rendition of “For What It’s Worth,” the Vietnam era classic she slyly re-appropriated for contemporary...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 20, 2021
RICARDO SILVEIRA, Solo
In a multi-faceted four decade career that has included stints with countless jazz legends (Herbie Mann, Michael Brecker, Sadao Watanabe)...
Jonathan Widran
- Mar 22, 2021
JUAN CARLOS QUINTERO, Caminando
One of the major challenges for veteran artists is adapting to the evolving way that music is consumed. In 2000, ten years into his solo...
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