Jonathan WidranFeb 18JAMES GAITERS SOUL REVIVAL, Understanding Reimagined Truly the crowning masterwork in a stylistically expansive, multi-genre career as a sideman and recording artist, James Gaiters Soul...
Jonathan WidranFeb 18CORINA BARTRA, Amber LightRichly infused with joyful bustling exotica and sultry, seductive and balmy romance, Amber Light caps famed Peruvian vocalist Corina...
Jonathan WidranFeb 18DOUG MACDONALD AND THE L.A. ALL-STAR OCTET If you’re trying to find a specific album from the vast, ever-growing catalog of the brilliant veteran guitarist Doug MacDonald on the...
Jonathan WidranFeb 16DAVID FRANKLIN, PassingsIf anything positive has come out of these past anxious two years of the pandemic in a spiritual sense, it’s that millions of us were...
Jonathan WidranFeb 15JORGE GARCIA, Dedicated To YouBeneath the gorgeously chaotic animated musical cover art on veteran guitarist Jorge Garcia’s dynamic and multi-faceted album Dedicated...
Jonathan WidranFeb 15JUAN 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...
Jonathan WidranFeb 15TRITONE ASYLUM, The Hideaway SessionsThe Hideaway Sessions, the second album by the stylistically diverse and wildly adventurous L.A. based jazz fusion ensemble Tritone...
Jonathan WidranFeb 15IRA THE TRIBUTE ALBUM by BLUE ROADS RECORDS STUDIO SESSIONS BANDA most intriguing and innovative contributor to jazz history, Ira Sullivan was a multi-instrumentalist (sax, flute, trumpet) who played...
Jonathan WidranFeb 15BRETT LAIDLER, Wouldn't Be Here Without YouTucked deep within an extensive bio that chronicles Brent Laidler’s unique array of musical accomplishments – from renowned instrument...
Jonathan WidranFeb 12DAVID BENOIT with THE MIDNIGHT RENDEZVOUS BIG BAND at Herb Alpert's Vibrato Grill Jazz After 40 years as a contemporary jazz pioneer, piano great David Benoit remains committed to evolving and innovating sonically and...
Jonathan WidranFeb 9MICHAEL GETTEL, The View From HereAs a veteran journalist/reviewer, I’m not always inclined to insert myself into my musings about any specific project, but it’s...
Jonathan WidranFeb 5CARRIE BIELL, We Get Along It’s been a way too long spell – since 2008’s When You’re Feet Hit the Stars, to be exact- since we’ve been blissfully wrapped in Carrie...