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Remake/Remodel

Greater Harmony • A seven-disc set adds new depth to the legacy of JULIUS HEMPHILL

She’s Got the South in Her Soul • For her 43rd album, revered roots-music singer MARIA MULDAUR collaborates with trad-jazz band Tuba Skinny

Raising Standards • Vibraphonist SIMON MOULLIER explores the essence of well-loved songs

Back in the (Former) U.S.S.R. • Live jazz returns to Lviv, Ukraine for the 2021 Leopolis Jazz Fest

Festivals Return: The Full Report (for Now) • What’s planned through the rest of 2021 and beyond

A Tumbleweed No More • ROXANA AMED mixes North and South American cultures on Ontology

Farewells

FURTHER LISTENING

The Q Factor • Reappraising the 1950s achievements of QUINCY JONES

Jim Keltner • The legendary session drummer has never lost his jazz smarts

Todd Cochran • A wandering soul returns to jazz and the acoustic piano

LIVING SPACES • The challenges of preserving jazz homes in the 21st century

Highest TRANE • Climbing aloft—and loudly—with JOHN COLTRANE’s controversial, “difficult,” world-building ASCENSION

THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY VS. THE TRUTH • Despite what the movie says, there was no U.S. government conspiracy to suppress the landmark song “Strange Fruit”—and that’s just the biggest thing it got wrong

mother OF US ALL • Four decades since her passing, MARY LOU WILLIAMS is just beginning to be recognized as a crucial contributor to the history of jazz

5 ESSENTIAL MARY LOU WILLIAMS ALBUMS

Understanding Audio’s Numbers Game • Specifications can help you buy the right audio products—if you know which ones are useful

Improvising on the Pipa • MIN XIAO-FEN applies Western styles to Chinese instruments

Spotlight on the Sarrusophone • A woodwind instrument for an alternate universe

5 FOR THE ROAD

In Full Light • A Lee Morgan classic gets a major-league expansion

MILES DAVIS • Merci Miles! Live at Vienne

ROY BROOKS • Understanding

KHAN JAMAL • Infinity

Making Gumbo Sing • Grammy-winning vocalist GREGORY PORTER selects a classic dish featured on his recent cooking show