Ravi Coltrane (right) makes a point during a live Blindfold Test at the Umbria Jazz Festival while pianist Greg Burk (far left), journalist Ashley Kahn and trumpeter Terence Blanchard listen.

For trumpeter Marcus Belgrave (1936–2015), shown here with his wife, Joan, teaching meant more than developing instrumental technique. It meant helping musicians understand the history they were inheriting and the immense responsibility that came with it.

“Singing on the bass comes from my Italian heritage,” Senator said. “I want my bass to resonate, but I want to hear the lightness, too.”

Huntertones, from left, Josh Hill, Chris Ott, Jon Lampley, Adam DeAscentis, Dan White and John Hubbell.

“I specifically remember Linda walking into class every week with 10-page-long new compositions. I was very inspired — you were very capable,” says Fabian Almazan of meeting his future wife when they were students at Manhattan School of Music.

“He was such a beautiful guy,” George Garzone says of the late tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker. He pays tribute to Brecker on his new recording, Themes For Good Friends.

“When I listen to things, I want to be moved, and I don’t need to be impressed,” says Nils Petter Molvær.

Two new box sets feature Oscar Peterson both live and in studio.

Camille Thurman took to the stage alongside bassist Kenny Davis and drummer Tommy Campbell for a rendition of Johnny Mercer’s “I’m An Old Cowhand” that recalled Rollins’ epochal 1957 trio outing Way Out West.

​Herbie Hancock, left, and Ron Carter performed as a duo at this year’s Monterey Jazz Festival.