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Jonathan Widran
Oct 22, 2024
SHAMBHU, Reflections
As I listen to Shambhu’s latest simply but masterfully produced album Reflections and immerse in its melodically intricate, transcendent...


Jonathan Widran
Oct 16, 2024
CASHAVELLY, Meditation Through Gunfire
Sometimes when an album is so epic, emotionally overwhelming and thematically expansive, there’s there are those one or two phrases which...


Jonathan Widran
Oct 16, 2024
GITKIN, Golden Age
The unique tour schedule celebrating the release of trippy, offbeat and wildly psychedelic global fusion guitarist Gitkin’s fourth album...


Jonathan Widran
Oct 13, 2024
VISIONS JAZZ ENSEMBLE Featuring SAM BUTLER and GARRET FASIG, Across The Field
Hoosiers in the house! With a dynamic but totally no-brainer concept that will have jazz fans wondering why nobody ever (literally)...


Jonathan Widran
Oct 13, 2024
ERIC BELL, Vulnerability
One of the great young jazz “lions” currently offering adventurous hope for the future of our beloved art form, pianist Eric Bell brings...


Jonathan Widran
Oct 13, 2024
JOHN FEDCHOCK, Justifiably J.J.
Critically acclaimed veteran trombonist John Fedchock found a fascinating way to cap 30 years as a solo recording artist – with...


Jonathan Widran
Oct 12, 2024
THE JOYMAKERS, Down Where The Bluebonnets Grow
Ask most jazz folks where they might like to head if they could take a time machine back 100 years and they’d say straight for Harlem,...


Jonathan Widran
Oct 12, 2024
HANNAH GILL, Spooky Jazz Vol. 2
The folks at the always delightful Turtle Bay Records – a label where the best jazz players of today play the best tunes of yesterday –...


Jonathan Widran
Oct 12, 2024
JIM WITZEL QUARTET, Breaking Through Gently
While the cover of Jim Witzel’s 2022 album Feelin’ It revealed its dual aesthetic as “Trio & Quartet,” the ultra-versatile veteran...


Jonathan Widran
Oct 12, 2024
TANIA GRUBBS QUINTET, The Sound of Love
Intimate, darkly soulful yet amazingly adventurous, the grand instrument that is Tania Grubbs’ voice is breathtaking to behold and a...


Jonathan Widran
Oct 12, 2024
THE JIM SELF/JOHN CHIODINI DUO, Feels So Good
Not that he’s slowing down in the least, but Jim Self’s decision to retire from his teaching position at USC after many decades could...


Jonathan Widran
Oct 12, 2024
STEVE SIECK, Crazy That Way
As a longtime fan of all things Mark Winkler, I immediately gravitated to “Paris Apartment” when I began immersing in singer/songwriter...
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