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Jonathan Widran
Dec 15, 2024
MARK WINKLER, The Mona Lisa Sessions
The ever-fabulous Mark Winkler, a long treasured swinger, singer and songwriter I once dubbed the “poet laureate of the L.A. Jazz Scene”...


Jonathan Widran
Dec 11, 2024
JOHN STEIN, Next Gen
As John Stein caps his prolific 30-year recording career with Next Gen , his artfully and soulfully conceived and performed trio album...


Jonathan Widran
Dec 11, 2024
TERRY WALDO & THE GOTHAM CITY BAND, Treasury Volume 1
Under the direction of label president Scot Asen, Turtle Bay Records’ endlessly wondrous aesthetic of having their artists create fresh...


Jonathan Widran
Dec 11, 2024
ALEX McLAUGHLIN, A Brand New State
In 2022, when renowned bassist, composer and educator Alex McLaughlin left his position as a teaching assistant at Pennsylvania State...


Jonathan Widran
Dec 9, 2024
YUKA MITO, How Deep Is The Ocean
A popular presence at NYC’s now closed Jazz at Kitano for nine years, Tokyo native Yuka Mito shared her deep passion for her adopted...


Jonathan Widran
Dec 9, 2024
JASON KAO HWANG, Soliloquies
Starting with Blood in 2018, I’ve had the unique privilege of immersing in a total of four previous albums by renowned (and by now,...


Jonathan Widran
Dec 7, 2024
DOUG MacDONALD, Santa Monica Session
Veteran guitar great Doug MacDonald is not only one of contemporary jazz’s most prolific (10 albums in seven years) and diverse (quarter...


Jonathan Widran
Dec 7, 2024
JACK WOOD & NICHAUD FITZGIBBON, Movie Magic: Great Songs from the Movies
A veteran Southern California singer long known for his passion for vintage swing and timeless balladry, Jack Wood cleverly titled his...


Jonathan Widran
Dec 7, 2024
VINCENZO VIRGILLITO, Precondition
Aside from the fascinating array of sounds Vincenzo Virgillito creates via his double bass, electric bass, Fretless 5 and 4 strings and...


Jonathan Widran
Dec 7, 2024
DANAE XANTHE VLASSE, Mythologies II
To better understand the truly epic, musically and spiritually transcendent recording projects of the extraordinarily gifted musical...


Jonathan Widran
Dec 2, 2024
NEIL TATAR, "Bella"
Though he launched his career as a new age artist later in his life, composer, guitarist and pianist Neil Tatar has been an impactful,...


Jonathan Widran
Dec 2, 2024
MASA TAKUMI, "Kashira"
One of the wonderful perks of having the opportunity to review music in all genres is the opportunity to listen to pieces from so many...
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