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JazzTimes • AMERICA'S JAZZ MAGAZINE

Ave Atque Vale

Family Pride • The final studio recording by ELLIS MARSALIS is a three-generation affair

Phil Woods: April in Paris • Memories of another tumultuous time in history, from the great saxophonist’s new autobiography

Rudy, Don’t Fail • Plans for the future of the legendary VAN GELDER STUDIO

Real Life Stories • Tom Excell and the British gospel of NUBIYAN TWIST

FAREWELLS

The Other McCoy • Listening to Tyner the sideman—but not with Coltrane

Dafnis Prieto • Taking a pan-Latin perspective

Charles McPherson • The man who was Mingus’ resident alto turns to ballet

2020 Reader's Poll

2020 Expanded Critics' Poll

EVERYBODY HAD A Hard Year • From the COVID-19 pandemic to the storming of the Capitol, the events of the past 12 months have left the jazz community—like the rest of the world—mired in deep pain and grief. How can we cope with it all?

THE MAN WITH THE HORN • WALLACE RONEY in Conversation

IN MEMORY OF… • Jazz greats who passed in 2020 are remembered by their colleagues, protégés, and admirers

For the Lack of a Jack • Headphone jacks are rapidly disappearing from new phones—but there are still ways to get audiophile-grade sound on the go

808 State • A beatbox that made history

Evans Above • More than 50 years on, the discography of Bill Evans’ 1968 trio with Gomez and DeJohnette keeps growing

BRANDI DISTERHEFT TRIO WITH GEORGE COLEMAN

BEN ROSENBLUM NEBULA PROJECT

EMI MAKABE

They Also Served • I’ve been JazzTimes’ primary obituary writer since 2017; last year, I wrote more obits than in the three previous years combined. It was a tragic year for jazz. So much so, in fact, that we couldn’t even fit all the greats who passed in 2020 into our annual In Memoriam feature. The nine included here are every bit as deserving of tribute as their comrades-in-arms. Including them here reflects our attempt to memorialize them through their music: the thing for which they all wanted to be remembered.