At times it has been stated, "Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking, but a full-on metamorphosis." When a career takes this road, the words are just as powerful. Keeping that in mind, just sit and spin awhile with jazz vocalist Judy Wexler. Former actress, Ms. Wexler followed that pulsating romantic, called a heart, and launched a whole new dimension to sound studios unexplored. With the int …

An epiphany in thought is by all standards an event many of us embrace. It changes the axis of our lives and many times our inner direction. In music, this is a welcome occurrence. It opens a new dimension and purpose to one’s gift-a crossroads to a legacy. For singer/songwriter/musician Julie Lavender, "Never Felt the Sun" may be the defining moment of just that, her epiphany. Released by Covenant Records, this project is a mirror into the mind, soul and talents of one very fresh, but …

Two decades have passed and three lives have traveled very different paths, sometimes touching upon the past, whether by song or a brief recall of a faint memory. However, fans do not forget. They just anticipate the resurrection of a new beginning in hopes of past musical magic becoming restored. Hope is not a strategy, just a forgone wish gambled upon. But in this case, this gamble paid three to one, for hope won out. Ladies and gentlemen, Matt Bianco is back in studio. Matt Bianco, in part …

David Bailey once articulated, "It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography, everything is so ordinary, it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary." Jazz today has many facets with which to experience the genre, the music, the history, and the characters. However, through the lens of Barcelona native and photographer, Lourdes Delgado, we see the roots and lifestyl …

In this industry of cookie cutter manufacturing of talent, it is ultimately stimulating to touch upon artists who take innovation to the edge. Contemplating the thought of new sounds and techniques, and creating the vision by way of risk, is a dynamic undertaking. Novi Novog and Larry Tuttle took the path of risk and engaged their talent to give birth to String Planet-s delightful experience in strings with each cut unique in its own right. In this new world of jazz that Novog and Tuttle hav …