WATER AND MAN, Phantasie
“Dive” and “immerse” probably aren’t the cleverest terms one could use in describing the intensive heart and mind wash that happens...
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Jonathan Widran
- Aug 11, 2018
SENRI OE, Upstairs at Vitello's Supper Club
Back in another musical lifetime, decades before Senri Oe was wowing audiences with his breezy, lighthearted melodies and adventurous...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 10, 2018
JIMMIE SMITH: Live in Music City: Jimmie Smith Plays Jimmy Smith
Being a man of deep faith – in fact, lead pastor at Effective Life Church, which he founded with his wife in Conyers, GA – Jimmie Smith...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 9, 2018
VIVIAN LEE, Let's Talk About Love
The typical way (the collective) we listen to full length albums is from the top down, but my entry into the heart-to-heart, alternately...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 9, 2018
CARMELA RAPPAZZO, Howlin' At The Moon
One of the most revealing elements of veteran NYC born, now New Orleans based jazz singer Carmela Rappazzo’s bio is that her dad and five...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 7, 2018
JULIE & ANDREAS, With the Sky in Our Hands - the tangos -
Sometimes can be an amazing experience to get out of your musical comfort zone and go on a sonic, rhythmically expansive global adventure...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 6, 2018
MONIQUE DEBOSE, The Sovereign One
On The Sovereign One, Monique Debose’s empowering first album since the pair of Choose The Experience collections that launched her...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 3, 2018
TAJMO: TAJ MAHAL, KEB' MO', MELISSA ETHERIDGE and DEVA MAHAL at the Hollywood Bowl
The colorfully written Hollywood Bowl program bio of Deva Mahal, the opening act on a midweek slate that included rocker Melissa...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 2, 2018
BRIAN SIMPSON, Something About You
If Smooth Jazz had an MVP award for versatility, keyboardist, composer and musical director extraordinaire, Brian Simpson, would be a...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 2, 2018
CHARLEY LANGER, Happy Hour
Perfectly embodying its cheerful, uplifting title, Charley Langer’s new album HAPPY HOUR is a true celebration of the veteran...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 1, 2018
DEVI, "Bad Boy"
The unrelenting pursuit of the proverbial “Bad Boy” may take its emotional toll on girls who don’t adequately armorall their hearts – but...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 1, 2018
LISA SWERDLOW, Voyager
As much as I love instrumental music, whether it be contemporary jazz or new age, I sometimes take issue with artists who pour their soul...
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