June 2018

Features

• Kurt Elling

  ‘Apprehend the Greatest Ideas’

  By Allen Morrison

  Vocalist Kurt Elling has been asking The Questions since his early 20s, when he was working toward a master’s degree in divinity at the University of Chicago.

• Logan Richardson

  Feelin’ the Blues

  By John Murph

  Blues People sounds like no other album by saxophonist Logan Richardson.

• Edward Simon

  Exploring Sorrow, Embracing Triumph

  By Yoshi Kato

  With echoes of classical minimalism, full-bodied Third Stream grandeur and subtle electronics, pianist Edward Simon’s Sorrows & Triumphs merges old and new traditions.

Blindfold Test

Johnathan Blake was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test”:

• Cyrus Chestnut: “Rhythm-a-Ning” from There’s A Sweet, Sweet Spirit (HighNote)
• Nate Smith: “Spinning Down” from Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere (Waterbaby/Ropeadope)
• Dan Tepfer Trio: “Single Ladies” from Eleven Cages (Sunnyside)
• Joey Baron & Irène Schweizer: “Jungle Beat” from Live (Intakt)
• Barry Altschul: “A Drummer’s Tale” from Tales Of The Unforeseen (Tum)
• Joshua Redman: “Trinkle Tinkle” from Trios Live (Nonesuch)
• The Bad Plus: “Lean In The Archway” from Never Stop II (Legbreaker)
• Antonio Sanchez & Migration: “Channels Of Energy” from The Meridian Suite (CamJazz)
• Nicholas Payton: “Jazz Is A Four Letter Word” from Afro-Caribbean Mixtape (Paytone)

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