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JACK WOOD, The Gal That Got Away
A mainstay on the Southern California jazz scene both as concert producer and singer, the silky smooth yet emotionally powerful Jack Wood...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 25, 2024


ANTONIO GAVRILA, Tango Suite Buenos Aires
Casual fans of Argentine tango will surely enjoy young, wildly talented Bucharest-born pianist Antonio Gavrila’s exotic, high spirited...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 25, 2024


DAVE SCHUMACHER & CUBEYE, Smoke in the Sky
As we engage in, groove along and tap our collective toes to veteran baritone saxophonist Dave Schumacher & Cubeye’s debut album Smoke In...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 25, 2024


ERIC FRAZIER, That Place featuring "Return of the Panther Woman"
Conga player, infectious talk-sing vocalist/storyteller and versatile percussionist Eric Fraizer’s led a fascinating double live,...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 25, 2024


BOB ANDERSON, Live!
Even without the knowledge of Bob Anderson’s incredible history as a globetrotting performer and premiere impressionist of the classic...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 25, 2024


JONATHAN BRENNER, Instagram Success
One of the grand benefits of being an indie artist in the streaming era is the ability of DIY artists like Jonathan Brenner to freewheel...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 21, 2024


PAOLA PRESTINI & NELSON PATTON, Ancient City
With fantastical bios and resumes so rich and expansive that they merit outside the review links of their own (below), Italian born...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 21, 2024


ED BAZEL, The London Sessions: New Perspectives From Studio 2
Though it wasn’t the first album in a discography that extends back to his 2013 debut Bella Piano, veteran pianist/composer Ed Bazel...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 19, 2024


THE NEW WONDERS, Steppin' Out
In these dark and divisive sociopolitical times that seem to have us collectively on the edge of our anxious seats at all times, we can...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 17, 2024


RICKY ALEXANDER, Just Found Joy
Even if you don’t know how soprano saxophonist and clarinet great Ricky Alexander discovered jazz (through his grandmother) or anything...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 17, 2024


ADAM HERSH, Tornado Watch
A regular on the L.A. jazz scene for the pasts few years, SoCal native Adam Hersch enjoys ensemble action with the array of local greats...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 17, 2024


NANCY ERICKSON LAMONT, Through the Passages
Though she’s been one of Seattle’s most prominent jazz singers for over three decades, Nancy Erickson Lamont’s greatest successes as a...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 17, 2024
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