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JazzTimes • AMERICA’S JAZZ MAGAZINE

Butler Did It

The Pittsburgh Jazz Festival Goes Big • A post-pandemic move from the street to the stadium is paying dividends

With Motian as Muse • JAKOB BRO and JOE LOVANO join forces to honor pole star PAUL MOTIAN

Bossa Nova: The Next Generation • Descended from a vaunted Brazilian family, DANIELA SOLEDADE introduces herself

Memories of a Sinatra Watershed • Songwriter/producer BOB GAUDIO looks back at 1970’s Watertown

NEW GROOVES

Farewells

From Country to Rock to the Outer Lands • Philadelphia’s Ars Nova Workshop has found itself a permanent venue

FURTHER LISTENING

Drumming for the Duke • SONNY GREER and SAM WOODYARD kept Ellington in the swing

Louis Hayes • The distinguished drummer and NEA Jazz Master comments on Elvin Jones, Art Farmer, Ahmad Jamal and more

Han Bennink • Eighty years haven’t mellowed this Dutch firebrand

CROSSING THE BRIDGE • SONNY ROLLINS at the turning point, as captured in a definitive new biography

EXECUTIVE HONOR • Gifted producer and A&R man DR. GEORGE BUTLER coaxed Miles Davis back into the spotlight, played a key role in the ascent of Wynton Marsalis, and spurred on the young lions of the 1980s and ’90s. Then he disappeared from the business. What happened?

A CHAMPION FOR WOMEN

THE BOUNDARY INVESTIGATOR • BILL BRUFORD looks back at a drumming life spent on the lines between genres

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON • The harmolodic heartbeat of DENARDO COLEMAN

NOT SUCH A BAD HOMBRE AFTER ALL • ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ is a virtuoso drummer and visionary composer who’s constantly expanding the possibilities of his instrument. He’s also a real sweetheart.

2022-23 Jazz Education Guide***

A Question of Balance • Issues of racial and gender equity and justice are as deeply entrenched in jazz education as in any other part of society. They’ve become increasingly difficult to ignore—and jazz people increasingly don’t want to ignore them.

U.S. Colleges & Universities

College CD Roundup

A Dream that Wouldn’t Be Denied • Mexican guitarist ABEL ARANDA wanted to study jazz in the U.S.—and found help in a surprising place

The Best Stereo System for Jazz Fans • Jazz demands more—and less—from a stereo than R&B and rock do. Here’s how to put together a top-rank system for swinging tunes

Bassists on Drummers • What the four-string set looks for in a rhythm-section partner

Great in Concept • Great in Concept Roland continues its 50th-anniversary festivities with a tech tour

5 FOR THE ROAD

Three for Three • Charles Lloyd goes for a career-capping trifecta

REVIEWS

TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON • new STANDARDS vol. 1

DAFNIS PRIETO • Cantar

THE ANGELICA SANCHEZ TRIO/MICHAEL FORMANEK & BILLY HART • Sparkle Beings

AHMAD JAMAL • Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse (1963-1964)/(1965-1966)

School of Many Streams • Top-notch tracks from alumni of the New England Conservatory’s 50-year-old Contemporary Musical Arts program