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In This Issue
- The Real Life of Shabaka Hutchings ║ By Bobby Reed
- British saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings exploded onto the jazz scene with that rare gift of getting hips to sway and minds to think. In his first DownBeat cover article, Hutchings talks about Black To The Future, the latest recording by his group Sons of Kemet, as well as a new book and being creative during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Wadada Leo Smith: Across the Threshold ║ By Dave Cantor
- During decades of recording and work alongside a cast of co-conspirators that could serve as a summation of jazz’s avant-garde wing, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith has mapped his inspiration. And he continues to do so.
- Jennifer Wharton: Trombone Ecstasy ║ By Suzanne Lorge
- Jennifer Wharton, a bass trombonist, continues to challenge the prevailing view of her chosen instrument with Not A Novelty, her second Sunnyside album featuring Bonegasm, her trombone quartet with rhythm section. The March release serves as a timely sequel to the group’s self-titled 2019 debut, an uncommon record that landed on the jazz charts within a week of its launch.
- Blindfold Test: Angelica Sanchez ║ By Gary Fukushima
- The pianist currently enjoys a stately position of influence on the “new music” scene, alongside luminaries like Wadada Leo Smith and Marylin Crispell, both of whom she has recorded with in duo settings — the latter this past year with How To Turn The Moon (Pyroclastic). Sanchez, who teaches at Princeton and The New School, has a nonet album in the works.
- The Beat
- • Lake Street Dive • Billie Holiday Film Review • Julius Hemphill Boxed Set • Ralph Peterson Remembered • Hafez Modirzadeh • Janinah Burnet
- Reed School: Master Class ║ By Mark Turner
- Practice Strategies & Personal Goals
- Reed School: Transcription ║ By Jimi Durso
- Greg Osby’s Alto Saxophone Solo on “Tolerance”
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