Sometimes part of the joy of checking out the latest beautifully intimate and sweetly swinging album by a celebrated veteran song stylist...

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Korean born, Netherlands educated and now residing and thriving as an up and coming jazz artist in NYC playing with some of its most...

In the parlance of a romantic fantasy TV show that has become a pop culture staple, multiple award-winning new age composer/musician...

In my write up on Swiss guitarist Lars Taylor’s funky, rockin’ 2023 single “Electric Night,” I mentioned the fact that since launching...

In August 2021, the late great Tony Bennett performed his final shows with Lady Gaga at Radio City Music Hall to celebrate his 95th...

The bio of multi-talented emerging jazz trumpeter Jun Iida reads a bit like a freewheeling cultural and geographic travelogue, with a...

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Ten years after his quirkily titled debut album Who the Funk is Cliff Beach? earned four L.A. Music Awards nominations – paving the way...