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JazzTimes • AMERICA’S JAZZ MAGAZINE
Getting Two-Timed
Drop-Dead Divas (and Deer) • In the nation’s capital, WAYNE SHORTER and ESPERANZA SPALDING premiere their long-awaited opera
Not Stopping the Music • CHARGED PARTICLES and TOD DICKOW tip their hats to Michael Brecker
Brasil 22 • BRASUKA started as a Sérgio Mendes tribute band, then went further
Better Late than Never • Singer/songwriter JESSE PALTER returns to jazz after a long detour
Farewells
Homage to Catalonia • The Barcelona Jazz Festival reaches out to its community
The Great Unknown • JIM KNAPP is the best big-band leader you’ve probably never heard
Jeff Ballard • The in-demand drummer discusses swing, invention, and how to end a song
Allen Lowe • Despite major setbacks, the Charles Bukowski of jazz fights on
THE Mouthpiece AND THE Reed AND THE Holy Ghost • IMMANUEL WILKINS aims to communicate the spirit within
Making It New • HENRY THREADGILL—NEA Jazz Master, Pulitzer Prize winner, beloved jazz innovator—isn’t about to stop challenging his colleagues, his listeners, or himself
IN MEMORY OF… • JAZZ GREATS WHO PASSED IN 2021 ARE REMEMBERED BY THEIR COLLEAGUES, PROTÉGÉS, AND ADMIRERS
2021 Readers’ Poll
2021 Expanded Critics’ Poll
In a Silent Way • We need noise-canceling headphones now more than ever—but we also need to understand what they can and can’t do
Setting Up Camp • Bandcamp has become a prime online location for jazzers to sell their wares
Full Return • Cecil Taylor’s 1973 Town Hall concert is now available in its entirety
REVIEWS
CÉCILE McLORIN SALVANT
ALISON SHEARER
Pat Martino • 8/25/44 – 11/1/21