The term “player’s album” is often a too easy go-to phrase to describe spirited, freewheeling interactions between musicians, but in the...

One of the major challenges for veteran artists is adapting to the evolving way that music is consumed. In 2000, ten years into his solo...

For a guy who admits he dislikes the chaotic connotations of the term “fusion,” veteran East Coast trombonist and keyboardist Eric Goletz...

Speaking candidly about the pointed messaging in many of his most enduring, influential songs, Curtis Mayfield once said, “Painless...

All music is poetry in one sense or another. Sometimes there’s only a hint of it in the foundation or inspiration for a given song. In...

Like a warm and comforting, dreamily sensual yet wildly exhilarating visit from some cherished old friends, famed, quirky, trippy and...

In my (naturally!) glowing review of Sarah Mendelsohn’s 2018 debut album If, I praised the diversity of the eclectic singer/songwriter’s...

Unable to hit the road over the past year due to pandemic-related lockdowns, over the past year, many smooth jazz artists have taken...

A socially conscious force in global jazz fusion, Reza Khan has a long-established history of blazing fresh trails, pushing limits and...

Good thing Jonathan Kane (drums, guitar, bass) and Dave Soldier (violin, strings) let their fascinating, multi-faceted, trippy and...

A true musical citizen of the world, acoustic and electric guitar virtuoso Albert Dadon (aka “Albare”) was born in Morocco, grew up in...

The once thriving jazz clubs in the lovely suburban (Burbank adjacent) section of L.A. known as Toluca Lake have been gone for decades,...