April 2016

Features

• Esperanza Spalding

  Inviting 'Emily' Out To Play

  By Phillip Lutz

• Arturo Sandoval

  A Life of Gratitude

  By Frank Alkyer

• Julian Lage

  The Jazzman Cometh

  By Bill Beuttler

Blindfold Test

Roy Hargrove was tested in our monthly Blindfold Test

• Terell Stafford: “Yes, I Can, No, You Can't” from BrotherLee Love (Capri)
• Alex Sipiagin: “From Reality And Back” from From Reality And Back (5Passion)
• Rodriguez Brothers: “Fragment” from Impromptu (Criss Cross)
• Eddie Henderson: “Dreams” from Collective Portrait (Smoke Sessions)
• Tom Harrell: “Famly” from Colors Of A Dream (HighNote)
• Wadada Leo Smith: “Crossing Sirat” from Spiritual Dimensions (Cuneiform)
• Gerald Wilson Orchestra: “Detroit” from Detroit (Mack Avenue)

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