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In This Issue
- Vijay Iyer: Combat Art ║ By Phillip Lutz
- Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer has spent his career challenging audiences and jazz convention with a flair for complex, yet satisfying, music as well as socially charged themes and performances. Iyer continues to buck the status quo and stir audience reaction with the release of his latest trio recording, Uneasy, as detailed in this month’s cover story.
- Jeff Coffin, Inc. ║ By Ed Enright
- From Nashville to the world, the multi-instrumentalist leads the charge for musicians being entrepreneurial, creative and in control of their careers.
- Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band Plays It Forward ║ By Gary Fukushima
- The drummer’s new album with a multigenerational, über-diverse big band is his latest push to give back artistically, and personally.
- Indie Life — Willie Jones III: An Homage To Fallen Heroes ║ By Stephanie Jones
- Drummer/composer Willie Jones III has recorded nearly two dozen albums on his own record label WJ3 Records, the latest release is his own, called Fallen Heroes. It’s a tribute to four recently past artists who have made a big impact on him — Roy Hargrove, Larry Willis, Jimmy Heath and Ndugu Chancler.
- Blindfold Test: Ben Monder ║ By Gary Fukushima
- It would be hard to find a single jazz musician who does not hold guitarist Ben Monder in the highest regard.
- Master Class ║ By Ben Rubin
- Expanding Musical Storytelling via Modern Production Methods
- Transcription ║ By Jimi Durso
- Stefon Harris’ vibraphone solo on “Touch Of Grace”
- SPECIAl SECTION: 44th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards
- Complete Results
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