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Jonathan Widran
Oct 14, 2019
DOUG MACDONALD & THE TARMAC ENSEMBLE, Live at Hangar 18
With the release of Jazz Marathon 4: Live at Hangar 18, the dynamic ensemble concept created originally in Hawaii by jazz aficionado Don...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 14, 2019
ANNE PHILLIPS, Live at the Jazz Bakery
Whether intentionally or not, Conawag Records neglected to put a date on the spirited, engaging, history sweeping performance by...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 14, 2019
ROGER KELLAWAY, The Many Open Minds of Roger Kellaway
There doesn’t seem to be an official explanation why it took nine years for this epic trio concert by legendary pianist Roger Kellaway,...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 14, 2019
THE NIRO featuring GARY LUCAS, The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook
Marking the 25th anniversary of its release, the late Jeff Buckley’s lone full length collection Grace only made it to #149 on the...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 14, 2019
BERNIE MORA & TANGENT, No Agenda
As freewheeling as high octane as contemporary rock influenced jazz fusion gets these days, electric guitarist Bernie Mora and his hot...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 14, 2019
FOSTINA DIXON, Vertical Alignment
When a female horn player’s branding is nothing less than “The Saxophone Queen,” she better deliver the goods – and in the case of...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 9, 2019
JON PATRICK WALKER, Welcome To the Edge Times
Whether you’ve heard Jon Patrick Walker’s previous albums The Guilty Party (2013) or People Going Somewhere (2016) or not, you can’t help...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 9, 2019
WILDWOOD KIN, Wildwood Kin
Listening to the lush, soulful acoustic melodies and soaring vocal harmonies of UK acoustic alt folk trio Wildwood Kin on their truly...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 7, 2019
LISA B, Reverberant: Poems & Music
And now for something completely different…only the multi-talented jazz singer, songwriter and poet Lisa B has been weaving the kind of...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 3, 2019
THE GROOVE PROJECT TAKES FLIGHT!
Video For The Groove Project's "To Be a Bird"... Following the ever-evolving creative muses of multi-talented, Singapore based composer,...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 30, 2019
ROY ORBISON AND BUDDY HOLLY: THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DREAM TOUR at The Saban Theatre
Of the many concerts I saw in 2018, the one I talked most about – simply because it was so cool and trippy, and there was so much to say...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 28, 2019
NICHOLAS PAYTON, Relaxin' With Nick
Closing in on 25 years since his Verve debut, the madly versatile trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Payton creates something...
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