March 2022

Volume 89, Number 3

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Cécile McLorin Salvant

Dancing with Ghosts

By Suzanne Lorge

Vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant dove deep into the study of ephemeral things that elude our grasp. This fascination ripples throughout Ghost Song, her debut recording on the Nonesuch label. In DownBeat’s April issue, Salvant discusses this and much more.

Features

Immanuel Wilkins
Preaches the Word
By Ammar Kalia
Camille Thurman
The Education of Camille
By Allen Morrison

Blindfold Test

Bill McHenry

Vince Mendoza-Michael Brecker: “Barcelona ” from Epiphany (Zebra, 1998)
Branford Marsalis: “Dance of the Evil Toys The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, OKeh, 2019” from The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (OKeh, 2019)
Nubya Garcia: “Inner Game ” from Source (Concord, 2020)
Sonny Rollins: “Love Walked In” from Rollins in Holland (Resonance, 2021)
Misha Tsiganov: “Virgo” from Playing With The Wind (Criss Cross, 2018)
Melissa Aldana: “Never Let Me Go” from Visions (Motéma, 2019)
Paul Motian: “Epistrophy” from Monk in Motian (JMT, 1988)