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Veronica Swift: Overnight Veteran ║ By Suzanne Lorge
Singer-songwriter Veronica Swift has been touring since age 9. Now, at 26, she’s a music biz veteran exploring a variety of artistic disciplines. DownBeat catches up with the bandleader to discuss her career and her forthcoming album, This Bitter Earth. Our feature on Swift is followed by two dozen artist profiles that are part of our cover package, “25 For The Future.”
25 For The Future
Musicians with the potential to shape the evolution of the jazz genre: • Shabaka Hutchings • Jazzmeia Horn • Christian Sands • Camila Meza • Nubya Garcia • Nduduzo Makhathini • Makaya McCraven • Lakecia Benjamin • Junius Paul • Morgan Guerin • Yazz Ahmed • James Francies • Kuba Wiecek • Fabian Almazan • Theo Croker • Jimmy Macbride • Camille Thurman • Alfredo Rodríguez • Hedvig Mollestad • Adam O’Farrill • Tomeka Reid • Luke Stewart • Yussef Dayes • Joel Ross
Blindfold Test: Noah Preminger ║ By Gary Fukushima
Even before the saxophonist topped the Rising Star–Tenor Saxophone category in the 2017 DownBeat Critics Poll, he’d issued a handful of leader dates, including a protest album, Meditations On Freedom. In October, SteepleChase is set to issue his quartet album Contemptment. This is Preminger’s first Blindfold Test.
Recording School: Pro Session ║ By Keith Baumann
Long-Distance Workarounds: Remote Collaborative Recording Solutions
The Hot Box
• Ben Wendel, High Heart (Edition) • Nary Halvorson’s Code Girl, Artlessly Falling (Firehouse 12) • Ron Miles, Rainbow Sign (Blue Note) • Miki Yamanaka, Human Dust Suite (Outside In Music)

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