In the mid-70s, Stevie Wonder graced us with an epic album titled Songs in the Key of Life. But as fraught as those times may have seemed...

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While engaging collections of expertly arranged standards are somewhat of a common go-to for emerging jazz artists, on occasion we’ll be...

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In my comprehensive review of Liquid Mind: Musical Healthare, a compilation of the some of the more recent representative recordings in...