January 2019

Features

• Donny McCaslin

  ‘Just Be Brave’

  By Robert Ham

  The most significant difference between Blow. and most everything else Donny McCaslin has released under his own name was the decision to feature vocalists on the majority of the tracks.

• Makaya McCraven

  Sonic Scientist

  By Aaron Cohen

  “I just try to follow the best, most sensitive, dynamic and creative people I know,” Makaya McCraven said while discussing Universal Beings, his most recent album.

• Best Albums of 2018

  5-, 4½- and 4-star albums from the past year.

  By DownBeat critics

Blindfold Test

John Clayton was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test”:

• Quincy Jones & His Orchestra: “Hard Sock Dance” from The Quintessence (Impulse)
• The Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra: “Sybil’s Blues” from Get It How You Live (Ropeadope)
• Gerald Wilson Orchestra: “Love For Sale” from In My Time (Mack Avenue)
• Sun Ra & His Arkestra: “We Travel The Spaceways” from Greatest Hits: Easy Listening For Intergalactic Travel (Evidence)
• Michael Leonhart Orchestra: “In The Kingdom Of M.Q.” from The Painted Lady Suite (Sunnyside)
• Jenny Scheinman: “I Heart Eye Patch” from Crossing The Field (Koch)

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