Larry Koonse

Biography Born into a musical family, Larry has been playing the guitar since he was seven years old. In his early years he studied with legendary guitar master Jimmy Wyble, and at the age of fifteen he recorded an album with his father, guitarist Dave Koonse, entitled Dave and Larry Koonse; father and son jazz guitars. In 1984, Larry was the first recipient of a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies at the University of Southern California. Immediately after graduating from USC Larry toured extensively for six years as a member of the John Dankworth quartet, traveling all across the globe and backing up Cleo Laine

No Wonder

By Judy Wexler

Label: Jewel City Jazz
Released: 2025
Track listing: No Wonder; The Summer knows; You Stepped Out of a Dream; Never Will I Marry; Wish You Were Here; Firm Roots (Are What Yu Need to Win); Slow Hot Wind; I Wish You Love; Dance Me to the End of Love; That Sunday, That Summer; A Weaver of Dreams; The Night We Called It a Day.

Introducing Adrian Galante

By Adrian Galante

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: It Amazes Me; You're All the World to Me; With Every Breath I Take; I Hadn't Anyone Till You; It's Alright with Me; The Folks Who Live on the Hill; Thanks a Million; Two for the Road

The Silent Wish

By Michelle Nicolle

Label: Pulple Lead Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: When Your Lover Has Gone; I Hope I Never; I'm Glad There Is You; Putting It Off; With a Song in My Heart; My One and Only Love; All The Things You Are; Only Trust Your Heart; Gone With the Wind; What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?

Freedom Jazz Dance

By Julie Kelly

Label: Laurelwood Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Sunday in New York; Take Me to the Alley; A Ra (The Frog); Practical Arrangement; Freedom Jazz Dance; River People; Early Morning Rain; A Otro Lado Del Rio; Nothing Like You; Funny How Time Slips Away/Hello Like Before; Ponteio.

Brand New Key

By Jeffrey Gimble

Label: Cafe Pacific Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Bye Bye Blackbird; Tryin Times; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; A Ra; The Nearness of You; Brand New Key; In the Glow of the Moon; Quietly There; Somebody Groovy; Music's the Only Thing That's on my Mind

New Jazz Standards, Volume 7

By Marina Pacowski

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: August in New York; High on Blueberry Pie; Theme for Jobim; Feels Like Home; Is That Asking Too Much?; Looking at You; I Need a Dream; Sweet Talk; You��re So Cute; Do Be Do Be Do; Alone; Can You Dig Being Dug?; Always in My Heart; Minute Waltz.

Lado B Brazilian Project 2

By Otmaro Ruiz

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Passarim; Mar E Lua; Na Volta Que O Mundo D��; Requebre Que Eu Dou Um Doce; Choro Das ?guas; ?guas de Mar?o; ? Luxo S��; Aluvi?o; Meu Sil��ncio (Velho Companheiro); Vatap��.

Catina DeLuna & Otmaro Ru��z: Lado B Brazilian Project 2

by Pierre Giroux
August 26, 2025

Catina DeLuna and Otmaro Ruíz have once again teamed up to explore the rich tapestry of Brazilian music in Lado B Brazilian Project 2. As a follow-up to their earlier exploration of this repertoire, this album sees the duo delve even deeper into Brazil's lyrical and melodic treasures, producing results that are both innovative and rooted ...

Catina DeLuna & Otmaro Ru��z: Lado B Brazilian Project 2

by Katchie Cartwright
August 17, 2025

In a time of disembodied digital-only releases, luxuriously well-crafted albums like Catina DeLuna and Otmaro Ruiz's Lado B Brazilian Project 2, with physical disk, album notes, lyric translations and evocative graphics, can really be the balm. The project was born in 2015 with the release of Lado B Brazilian Project (Self Produced), which received ...