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Here’s to a New Standard

To Kenny With Love • On his latest album, NOAH HAIDU pays homage to tone doctor Kirkland

Notes Toward a Supreme Fusion • KASSA OVERALL blends jazz aesthetics with hip-hop processes

Part of the New System • LAWRENCE SIEBERTH creates his own European Quartet

The Lure of the Street • HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA makes a personal statement

Lifting the Fog • CAT TOREN composes music for empathic action

FAREWELLS

Memories of Eubie • Choice moments from the long career of a master improviser

John Fedchock • The veteran trombonist weighs in on past and present masters

Donald Brown • To many colleagues, he is the iconic jazz composer of his generation

THE YEAR IN REVIEW 2020: TOP 50 CRITICS’ PICKS • We calculated our top 40 new releases and top 10 historical/reissue recordings of 2020 based on year-end lists by our writers. They were asked to choose the 10 best new releases and five best historical titles—i.e., albums and box sets consisting primarily of music recorded 10 or more years ago. To see each voter’s ballot, visit jazztimes.com. Albums and box sets released between Nov. 10, 2019 and Nov. 13, 2020 were eligible. Some discs may have slipped through the cracks, however, as official release dates shifted or weren’t available.

TOP 10 HISTORICAL RELEASES

BRIGHT MOMENTS: SONNY ROLLINS • THE LEGENDARY SAXOPHONIST DISCUSSES THE NEWLY RELEASED ROLLINS IN HOLLAND—RECORDED IN 1967—AND TAKES US THROUGH OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS DISCOGRAPHY FROM THE PAST 50-PLUS YEARS.

ATTACK OF THE KILLER BEAS • JOHN BEASLEY, the jazz visionary behind MONK’estra, reflects on Miles, Herbie, and (of course) Monk

PREPARED PIANIST • SYLVIE COURVOISIER brings her own personal blend of Europe and America to the jazz piano trio

Lousy Year, Good Gear • For the most part, 2020 won’t be remembered fondly—but its new audio products will be cherished

Fun for All • Baldwin’s view of the future from 1974

OP vs. BE • Piano-trio vets discuss the pros and cons of different onstage setup styles

Tribal Tech • Once an electronic side project, Craig Taborn’s Junk Magic has become a real band

CHARLES MINGUS

THE MARIEL BILDSTEN QUINTET

Victory for Art • During WWII, ART TATUM made some of his greatest recordings on V-Discs