ANTHONY E. NELSON, JR., Swinging Sunset
Now that the legendary Hammond B-3 Jimmys – Smith and McGriff – and the premiere jazz organist of our generation, Joey DeFrancesco, have...
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THE JW VIBE
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Jonathan Widran
- Jun 1
MATTHEW SHELL & KENNY MCNEIL, We'll Find A Way II
After having the privilege of writing about and of course praising the stellar, hypnotic, nonstop and infectiously grooving “Jazzy Lil...
Jonathan Widran
- May 31
TOM EATON, weathering
If you’ve been a fan of new age at any point since the early 90s, chances are that even if you don’t know his name, you’ve heard the...
Jonathan Widran
- May 30
BEN SHER, Samba for Tarsila
Internationally renowned guitarist Ben Sher’s deeply emotional yet powerfully swinging and eminently danceable latest album Samba for...
Jonathan Widran
- May 30
FELLA CEDERBAUM, Speech Acrobats
While it definitely takes a bit more intellectual attention and patience to experience spoken word poetry set to music than sung lyrics,...
Jonathan Widran
- May 30
FRANGLAIS, Pairings
Closing in on 20 years since a trip to the Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival in Samois-Sur-Seine inspired them to launch their popular,...
Jonathan Widran
- May 30
ISRAEL TANENBAUM & THE LATINBAUM JAZZ ENSEMBLE, Impressions
Even if you’re a massive Latin jazz enthusiast, the name Israel Tenenbaum might be fresh to you for a very good reason. The versatile...
Jonathan Widran
- May 30
CHEMBO CORNIEL QUINTET, Músicos y Poetas
As if the densely percussive, searingly explosive swirl of Latin rhythms and hard jamming ensemble weren’t enough to get you to listen...
Jonathan Widran
- May 30
MATT BARBER, The Song Is You
A charismatic, vocally dynamic and mega popular jazz singer and vocal interpreter who averages an incredible 300 live performances a...
Jonathan Widran
- May 30
THE LAS VEGAS BONEHEADS, Sixty and Still Cookin'
Ever wonder what those busy trombonists who play in ensembles and orchestras on the Vegas Strip do when they stop blowing and sliding and...
Jonathan Widran
- May 30
MARC JORDAN, Waiting for the Sun to Rise
Now that Leonard Cohen and Gordon Lightfoot are no longer with us, the unofficial mantle of Canadian poet laureate singer-songwriter...
Jonathan Widran
- May 30
JASON KUSH, Finally Friday
With a fascinating (conservatively estimated!) thousand-mile-long resume ranging from large ensembles (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra,...
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