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RICHARD GUBA, Songs for Stuffed Animals
When a legendary sax player like Richard Guba waits till 50 years into his career to record his debut album as a leader, it’s bound to be...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 27


JESSICA JONES QUARTET, Edible Flowers
Almost five years on from the onset of the pandemic era, transcendent jazz albums that might not have happened but for the interruption...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 27


ROBERT SARAZIN BLAKE, Let the Longing Run Wild & Free
Though he’s been a treasured and beloved fixture on the Pacific Northwest folk scene for nearly 30 years, it’s testament to singer,...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 25


DIETER SPEARS, Late Day Summer Breeze
Between Dieter Spears’s immersion in the 90’s local club scene in Nashville with the ensembles Picture This and Subject to Change and...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 21


THE TASTY KINGS with BLONDIE CHAPLIN, Native Tongue
Though Native Tongue is the standard 10 tracks and only 42 minutes long, it’s testament to the sheer genius socially conscious depth and...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 18


Matias Bacoñsky, New World
Since laying the foundation for his extraordinary career with the inspiring solo recordings Life and Death (2016), Straight From the...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 15


TOM ZYGMONT, Lumina Way
It’s not customary for a reviewer to insert him/herself into the story of any artist, let alone the incredibly inspiring narrative of a...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 15


BILLY DENK, Beneath the Peaceful Sky
Considering the resounding success and great impact of Billy Denk’s recordings since launching into the ambient music genre with a...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 14


JUDY WEXLER, No Wonder
Riffing off both the title of Judy Wexler’s seventh album No Wonder , and line from of one of its most breathtaking tracks “The Summer...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 8


ELDAD TARMU, Silver on Aluminum
A decade after the passing of pianist and hard bop pioneer Horace Silver, veteran vibraphonist Eldad Tarmu pays homage to the legend in...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 8


MAFALDA MINNOZZI, Riofonic
The term “musical citizen of the world” may be bandied about a bit too casually at times, but it’s authentically embodied by the life and...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 7


TOWNER GALAHER ORGAN GROUP, Brothers
Towner Galaher’s 2023 Organ Trio Live collection found the veteran drummer and bandleader paying homage to the great jazz ensembles that...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 7
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