top of page
THE JW VIBE
Music That Sticks To My Soul
Home: Blog



ROB MULLINS, Holidays 2022
While for sheer contemporary jazz holiday cheer, no artist can quite match the prolific output of Dave Koz (now up to eight albums) and...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 22, 2022


ROBIN SPIELBERG, All The Best Returns, Pt. 1
With the release of her new EP All The Best Returns, Pt. 1, much ado will be made of Robin Spielberg’s return to composing and performing...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 22, 2022


LEO BROUWER/MARIEL MAYZ, Cuban Sketches for Piano
An exquisite, passionate and rhythmically eclectic on a deeply grounded yet truly celestial level, Cuban Sketches for Piano is a solo...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 16, 2022


AMJAD ALI KHAN/WU MAN, Music for Hope
Though credited as a cross-cultural duo project by Indian sarod master Amjad Ali Khan and Chinese pipa legend Wu Man, the provocatively...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 16, 2022


JASON KAO HWANG & J.A. DEANE, Uncharted Faith
Listening to any of the intricate, brilliantly crafted avant-garde recordings by violin master and sonic visionary Jason Kao Hwang poses...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 16, 2022


CHRISTMAS WITH CHRIS RUGGIERO
With the release of Christmas with Chris Ruggiero, the dynamic, soulfully and gracefully performed and gorgeously arranged debut holiday...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 16, 2022


LOREN DANIELS, Ticket To Ride
Not since the recently departed Ramsey Lewis has a pianist and keyboardist so impactfully, artfully and imaginatively captured the jazzy...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 16, 2022


YOLA NASH, Manhattan Whispers
Yola Nash gives us some fascinating and whimsical things to contemplate as we attune our ears to Manhattan Whispers, the latest sensual,...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 16, 2022


ANN LICATER, Whispers From Earth
Though the pandemic raised our collective anxiety to levels previously unheard of, it’s not solely to blame for the chaos within us and...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 13, 2022


NOAH HOFFELD, Mobile Home
In the sparse but on point promo materials for classically trained Julliard grad turned synth pop rocker Noah Hoffeld’s endlessly...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 12, 2022


CHARLEY CARROZO, Blinded Times
After these hellish, anxiety filled past three years, hell yeah, it makes perfect sense that “Namaste” is the highlighted, most promoted...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 12, 2022


MIGUEL KERTSMAN, In the Moment
A wildly adventurous, genre-busting and insanely tribal and percussive jam session, Miguel Kertsman’s perfectly titled album In the...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 12, 2022
bottom of page