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Solo Flights

The Victor Borge of Jazz? • Keyboardist LARRY GOLDINGS has gained a new audience online—as a comedian

Recorders Without Borders • TALI RUBINSTEIN redefines an instrument’s context and reach

Nick Millevoi’s Maps • The guitarist, composer, and musical cartographer documents Philadelphia and elsewhere

He Out (and In) Here • Keyboardist PAT THOMAS explores many dimensions within Britain’s jazz scene

High Tech, Liquid Tone • The electro-acoustic sound of guitarist ANDREW RENFROE

The Challenge of Indifference • Pianist JOHN CHIN on what it means to be an Asian-American jazz musician

FAREWELLS

Out of the Shadows • FREDDIE REDD’s brief but memorable moment in the spotlight

David Gilmore • From a remote location, the guitarist praises Russell Malone—and gets hip to Emily Remler and Jeff Parker

Lorne Lofsky • An underrecognized Canadian picker is back on international radar

ABOUT EVERYTHING • Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer JEN SHYU observes life with a wide-angle lens

Back to the World • Making a political statement—with a rapper and a full orchestra—is the most unexpected move in composer and arranger VINCE MENDOZA’s distinguished career

EXPANDING THE FRETBOARD • On an astonishing series of solo EPs, PASQUALE GRASSO presents a distinctly pianistic approach to the guitar

“Who Said Spiritual Music Should Be Quiet?” • JOHN McLAUGHLIN has been asking that question for at least 50 years—ever since the founding of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. In this exclusive interview, he recalls the origins of that epochal band and discusses his new album, Liberation Time.

Giant Steps • At long last, turntables with built-in speakers are starting to sound better

Synths and Strings • DIEGO BARBER’s new compositions filter his concepts through circuits

Taking a Glide • Andrew Bond’s semi-digital fretless wonder from nearly four decades ago

Brothers in Spirit • Vintage duets from Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller

JAMES FRANCIES • Purest Form

LOUIS ARMSTRONG • The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966

RAHSAAN BARBER • Mosaic

Flux-a-Ning • CHARLIE CHRISTIAN’s (and jazz’s) ultimate official bootleg