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DAVE STRYKER, As We Are
Veteran (and mindbogglingly prolific!) electric guitar great Dave Stryker has been in a delightful 70’s musical time warp on and off for...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 17, 2022


LAURA STILWELL, Out of a Dream
As we regale in being graced by sultry and stylish vocalist Laura Stilwell on her engaging, alternately soul-sensual and briskly swinging...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 17, 2022


JAMES 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 Widran
Feb 17, 2022


CORINA BARTRA, Amber Light
Richly infused with joyful bustling exotica and sultry, seductive and balmy romance, Amber Light caps famed Peruvian vocalist Corina...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 17, 2022


DOUG 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 Widran
Feb 17, 2022


DAVID FRANKLIN, Passings
If 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 Widran
Feb 16, 2022


JORGE GARCIA, Dedicated To You
Beneath the gorgeously chaotic animated musical cover art on veteran guitarist Jorge Garcia’s dynamic and multi-faceted album Dedicated...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 15, 2022


JUAN 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 Widran
Feb 15, 2022


TRITONE ASYLUM, The Hideaway Sessions
The Hideaway Sessions, the second album by the stylistically diverse and wildly adventurous L.A. based jazz fusion ensemble Tritone...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 15, 2022


IRA THE TRIBUTE ALBUM by BLUE ROADS RECORDS STUDIO SESSIONS BAND
A most intriguing and innovative contributor to jazz history, Ira Sullivan was a multi-instrumentalist (sax, flute, trumpet) who played...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 15, 2022


BRETT LAIDLER, Wouldn't Be Here Without You
Tucked deep within an extensive bio that chronicles Brent Laidler’s unique array of musical accomplishments – from renowned instrument...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 15, 2022


DAVID 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 Widran
Feb 12, 2022
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