September 2019

Features

• Nat “King” Cole

  Transformative Power

  By John McDonough

  One hundred years after his birth, Cole endures like an indelible watermark in American music through the work of those who have been influenced by him—most famously his daughter, Natalie.

• Abdullah Ibrahim

  ‘The Profundity of Simplicity’

  By Dan Ouellette

  At this year’s INNtöne Jazz Festival in Austria, Ibrahim vividly demonstrated the intimacy and cosmic beauty of solo piano to a hushed crowd of 800.

• Jazzmeia Horn

  ‘I’m Never Lying’

  By Suzanne Lorge

  Horn is a new breed of jazz singer and composer, thoroughly steeped in tradition, yet fully planted in contemporary music and messages. She doesn’t sound like anyone else.

Blindfold Test

Ralph Peterson was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test”:

• Albert “Tootie” Heath: “Reets And I” from Philadelphia Beat (Sunnyside)
• Manu Katché: “Keep On Trippin’” from Third Round (ECM)
• Neal Smith: “The Cup Bearers” from Some Of My Favorite Songs Are … (NAS Music)
• Sons Of Kemet: “Burn” from Inner Babylon (Naim)
• Randy Weston: “Pam’s Waltz” from The Randy Weston Trio (Riverside)
• Terri Lyne Carrington: “Jazz Is A Spirit” from Jazz Is A Spirit (ACT)
• Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts: “Teen Town” from An Attitude For Gratitude (Palmetto)
• Mike Reed’s People, Places & Things: “Sharon” from Clean On The Corner (482 Music)
• Olodum: “Olodum Maré” from Pela Vida (Abril)

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