THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER, The Junction

Reaching the infectious chorus of the deep bass driven title track from The Junction, their first album in nearly a decade, The Manhattan...

BYRON METCALF & JENNIFER GRAIS, They Were Here

In what has evolved as a divinely timed collaboration of transcendent musical energies, shamanic practitioners and multi-talented artists...

JACKIE ALLEN, Rose Fingered Dawn

While so many jazz vocalists with her range of gifts and stylistic leanings hone in on a single trademark vibe, veteran Chicagoan Jackie...

EZRA VANCIL, You

Though this era of streaming and downloading has relegated the notion of analyzing album covers to something of an afterthought, Ezra...

JEFF RYAN, Embrace

Among the many iconic saxophone players Jeff Ryan lists as influences in his development as a top flight player and performer, he can...

JESSE COOK Live at the Saban Theatre, Beverly Hills

Moments after launching his high powered, dynamics-filled world music extravaganza before a nearly sold-out crowd at The Saban Theatre...

ANAYA MUSIC, Aonki

Capping an extraordinary year for her epic 2016 work Eternity with a ZMR nomination for Best Neo-Classical Album, world renowned...

JARED HALL, Hallways

Jared Hall’s deliriously eclectic, powerfully swinging and melodically engaging debut Hallways marks more than simply the arrival of an...

DAVID K. MATHEWS, The Fantasy Vocal Sessions, Vol. 1, Standards

This “other” Dave Mathews is a multi-faceted, Bay Area based jazz wonder to behold, a 40 year veteran sideman who started his career with...

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