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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