Michael Leonhart Orchestra – ‘The Painted Lady Suite’ (2018)
Not everyone is cut out to take on such an ambitious project but one look at Michael Leonhart’s background makes it undeniably clear that he could.

Not everyone is cut out to take on such an ambitious project but one look at Michael Leonhart’s background makes it undeniably clear that he could.
David Crosby, Boz Scaggs and Marc Ribot headline S. Victor Aaron’s Best of 2018 list for non-jazz albums.
“Tale of a Man” may well be the greatest song on ‘Toto XX’ – and that’s amazing, since the album is full of classics.

The Embrooks’ highly anticipated ‘We Who Are’ represents a welcome, positive and long-overdue comeback.
35 years ago, Johnny Winter returned with a great, grimy studio album where you could smell the booze and cigarettes.

Here is the advance single “Windfall,” from Jazz Funk Soul’s upcoming album ‘Life and Times.’
“No Tell Lover” isn’t the deepest song in the world, but it’s a very enjoyable track from an uneven Chicago album.

Adam Hopkins is one of the few talents with the vision to make jazz directed at the current and future generations, not the past ones.
Fifty years ago, Herbie Hancock paused to have a little cartoon-related fun. And when Herbie is having fun, his listeners usually are, too.

A direct outgrowth of George Colligan’s work as an educator, Other Barry sounds like a bunch of PhD professors of funky rock-jazz.