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MARK WINKLER, Hold On
Having enthusiastically reviewed every Mark Winkler album since the late 80s, from his poppy contemporary jazz days to his quarter...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 2


JIM SELF, My America 3: My Country
America sure felt like a different place back in the post 9/11 era when tuba maestro, “fluba” inventor and legendary Hollywood film score...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 2


EMMA HEDRICK, Newcomer
It’s amazing that throughout jazz and rock history, no emerging artist has been bold and clever enough to title their debut album Newcomer...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 2


PREMIK RUSSELL TUBBS & MARGEE MINIER-TUBBS. Oneness-World
Oneness-World , an extraordinarily hopeful and powerfully inspirational masterwork from the expansive, ever-evolving imaginations of...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 1


KIRSTEN AGRESTA COPELY, Kuruvinda
Though Kirsten Agresta Copely’s official discography extends back to the early 2000s, the multi-talented, internationally acclaimed...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 31


WONDERLICK, Wonderlick Goes to War
With the release of Wonderlick Goes to War , their crafty and cool, insanely infectious, incisively sociopolitical musical commentary on...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 30


SHARON ISBIN, Romántico
A masterfully intricate yet majestically performed work of tender, intimate grace, sweeping emotional power and wildly passionate...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 29


BARBARA BRIGHTON: A QUARTER CENTURY (AND COUNTING!) OF BLAZING TRAILS FOR FEMALE JAZZ PRODUCERS
By Jonathan Widran Reflecting upon her extraordinary 25-year career as one of Los Angeles’ premiere and most respected jazz producers,...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 24


GARY BRUMBURGH, "Stairway to Heaven: A Movement for Voice and Flute"
While a simple streaming search nets us thousands of jazz interpretations of Beatles tunes, there’s a reason we must look far and wide to...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 23


LISA SWERDLOW, Book of Life Concerto
Never shy about sharing the depth of her emotions and intense curiosities about human existence and our place in the grand scheme of...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 22


DAVID BACH, The David Bach Collection
A veteran sideman whose keyboard artistry has graced the recordings and live performances of everyone from Enrique Iglesias, Thievery...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 19


JIM GELCER/DAVID VITO GREGOLI, Quiet Expanse
Having the immense privilege of immersing in and expounding in words upon eight of the ten individual singles leading to the full...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 18
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