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Joey DeFrancesco Plays It All ║By J.D. Considine)
More Music, Joey DeFrancesco’s 39th album as a leader, showcases both his versatility and his virtuosity, as he offers masterful performances not only on tenor sax, but trumpet, piano, keyboard, and (of course) organ. He even shows off his vocal chops on the ballad “And If You Please.” But while More Music may be a departure in terms of instrumentation, it’s a return to roots in terms of its sound, happily mining the soulful hard-bop that has long been the bedrock of Philadelphia jazz. It helps that his new trio are all Philadelphians, and deeply invested in the local scene.
Marc Cary: Life Lessons On The Go-Go ║By Terry Perkins
​The keyboardist, composer talks life, lessons and emotion with DownBeat … and his new recording Learning To Listen.
Michael Brecker: A Time for Tyner … ║ By Bill Milkowski
DownBeat runs an exclusive excerpt from Bill Milkowski’s new book, "Ode to a Tenor Titan: The Life and Times and Music of Michael Brecker," where the author details the first meeting between the legendary saxophonist and one of his idols, McCoy Tyner.
Nate Smith: Kinfolk 2 Takes Flight ║ By Phil Freeman
Drummer Nate Smith hears and plays music his way. On the second edition of his planned Kinfolk trilogy, he pays tribute to the musical family he has embraced.
Blindfold Test: Matt Wilson ║ By Ted Panken
Matt Wilson’s 14th leader album, Hug!, issued last year on Palmetto, upholds the 57-year-old drummer’s reputation as a master navigator of a broad spectrum of improvisational and compositional strategies, animated with unfailing warmth, humor and virtuosic execution.
The Beat
• In Memoriam: George Wein • Jon Irabagon Goes Solo • Emma-Jean Thackray’s Yellow Erroll Garner at 100 Altoizm Flying High
Hot Box
• Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force, Dear Love • Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra, Tinctures In Time (Community Music Vol. 1) • Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble, …dreaming in lions… • Brandee Younger, Somewhere Different
Drum School
• Pro Session: Transitioning to a New Scene ║ By Reggie Quinerly • Transcription: Jeff “Tain” Watts’ Drumming on “Housed From Edward” ║ By Craig Buckner

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