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The Cookers: Inflamed Soul ║ By Ted Panken
With more than 500 years of jazz experience between them, The Cookers continue to be one of the hardest-blowing, take-no-prisoners ensembles on the planet.
Artifacts: Finding Artifacts ║ By Aaron Cohen
The Chicago-based trio has released a new album, titled …And Then There’s This (Astral Spirits).
Best Albums of 2021
The 5-star, 4.5-star and 4-star album reviews from the previous year in DownBeat.
Blindfold Test: Lakecia Benjamin
This was the alto saxophonist’s first Blindfold Test, administered live during the 17th annual DC Jazz Festival.
Special Section: Jazz School
• Eastman School of Music at 100 • North Carolina Central University Looks to the Future • Secrets of a Pro Gear Shopper • Master Class: By Trineice Robinson-Martin • Transcription: Shabaka Hutchings saxophone solo
The Hot Box
• Christian McBride & Inside Straight, Live At The Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue) • Craig Taborn, Shadow Plays (ECM) • Esperanza Spalding, Songwrights Apothecary Lab (Concord) • Bill Charlap, Street Of Dreams (Blue Note)

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