A veteran sideman whose keyboard artistry has graced the recordings and live performances of everyone from Enrique Iglesias, Thievery...

Having the immense privilege of immersing in and expounding in words upon eight of the ten individual singles leading to the full...

When it comes to listening to, meditating on and appreciating the way new age music taps into and has the power to awaken and transform...

Sixty years after Jackie DeShannon introduced us to Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s timeless Grammy Hall of Fame song/anthem/prayer “What...

Even before the first listen to Alice Blue , the extraordinary, fancifully eclectic second album by Dr. Philip Ravita’s ever-adventurous...

Long renowned on Central Europe’s jazz scene as “Lili Mae,” Serbian born, Austrian based vocalist Lili Maljic’s exquisitely arranged,...

Over the course of nine reviews I have written about guitarist Doug MacDonald and his various lineups (trio, quartet, big band, etc.)...

In my previous praise-filled writeups of versatile veteran jazz guitarist Albare’s Plays Jobim, Vol. 2 , Freedom  and Beyond Belief , the...

Since the title of the debut album by the Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group is Moments , it’s appropriate to imagine just how many...

Boasting a two-word title that whets the whistles of jazz/big band fans and classic rock lovers alike, multi-genre vocal interpreter...

Spiritual minded jazz artists often sense the presence of the ghosts of legends in the room when they’re composing, improvising and/or...

A sultry, multi-genre talent whose sense of invention knows few bounds and gleefully hops barriers between pop, jazz, Latin and soul,...