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JazzTimes • AMERICA’S JAZZ MAGAZINE

The Skins Game

CALENDAR

Expanding Michael Brecker’s Legacy • A new competition in Israel is a fitting tribute to the saxophonist’s generosity

The Matrix Reloaded • ADAM RUDOLPH’s latest project adapts melodic and rhythmic concepts from Indian raga

No Place Like Home • MATT SLOCUM meditates on his native Wisconsin and other places of Sanctuary

Getting Angular • On his leader debut, SAM OSPOVAT finds a place in the current crop of drummer/composer royalty

FAREWELLS

Brigadoon by the Beach • Florida’s Suncoast Jazz Festival is bringing younger players into its traditional mix

A Statesman with Sticks • CHARLI PERSIP’s 1960 debut as a leader blends big-band flash and hard-bop heart

Leon Parker • The reclusive drummer worships Monk and praises Baby Dodds but isn’t so crazy about Ornette

Ben Goldberg • The clarinetist and composer enters his seventh decade in typically eclectic style

THE Praise Messenger • To honor ART BLAKEY’s centennial, more than three dozen musicians who worked with the peerless drummer and bandleader share their memories of Bu.

Blowin’ in the Crosswinds • He was (arguably) the ultimate drummer of the fusion generation. Now BILLY COBHAM is returning to some of his 1970s music—but don’t expect a retread.

Sweet Sounds at Sweetwater • Inside the recording of Billy Cobham’s latest album

THE AFRICAN TINGE • Acclaimed tenor saxophonist DAVID SÁNCHEZ explores his—and jazz’s—roots on a new series of albums, his first in 11 years.

THE SOUNDS HE SAW • Jazz photographer Roy DeCarava’s masterwork has been unveiled at last, nearly 60 years after it was created.

Darn That Stream • We now have three high-res streaming services—but choosing the right one is confusing

Danny Gottlieb’s Hot Sticks • Whether playing acoustic or electronic drums, one piece of gear is always in his hands

Singing Behind the Kit • How JAMISON ROSS does double duty as drummer and vocalist

A Find Supreme • Yet another “lost” Coltrane album sees the light of day—and whaddya know, it’s excellent

BILL FRISELL

KENNY BARRON & MULGREW MILLER

THE CURTIS BROTHERS

ENRICO RAVA/JOE LOVANO

Hermeto Pascoal Revisited

CHANGE Comes to Pitt • Avant-garde flutist NICOLE MITCHELL plans to embrace the tension between innovation and tradition as the University of Pittsburgh’s new chair of jazz studies

NEC at 50 • A look at the New England Conservatory’sgroundbreaking jazz studies program as it enters its sixth decade

Celebration Calendar • A complete list of NEC Jazz50 events

Christopher Hollyday’s Vanishing Act • The esteemed alto saxophonist transitioned almost exclusivelyto teaching decades ago—but with a slate of new albums, he's gradually finding his way back into the limelight

CD Roundup

2019-2020 Directory of Schools & Programs

Paper Trail • Musicians created jazz’s rich legacy, but schools and other institutions are archiving it

Motor City Reunion • The Detroit Jazz Festival Turns 40