A Final Interview
By Michael Jackson
In a very special issue of DownBeat, we say goodbye to the great Wayne Shorter with one of his last interviews captured in 2022 by writer/photographer Michael Jackson. Our tribute also includes thoughts on his early days in Newark, New Jersey by Phillip Lutz and Shorter in Los Angeles by Josef Woodard.
By Bill Milkowski
The pianist has lived with a secret. He decided now is the time to talk about it.
By Allen Morrison
Kendrick Scott is in love with harmony. With his new trio and new album called Corridors (Blue Note), Scott looks to expand his exploration of harmony in a very intimate setting.
At 76, soprano and tenor saxophonist Dave Liebman — an alumnus of bands led by Miles Davis and Elvin Jones, leader of too many bands to name and too many albums to count, distinguished educator, author, pedagogue, NEA Jazz Master and polio survivor – continues to explore and expand his horizons, as evidenced by the recent releases Live At Smalls, a ferocious scratch-improvised quintet encounter with mid-career practitioners Peter Evans, Leo Genovese, John Hebert and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, and Now Two, an incantational meeting with Sorey and percussionist Adam Rudolph. This is his third Blindfold Test.
