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    “What I got from Percy was the dignity of playing the bass,” Buster Williams said of Percy Heath.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Buster Williams

    Aug 26, 2025 1:53 PM

    Blindfold Test: Buster Williams

    Buster Williams, who at the age of 83 has been on the scene for 65 years, had never done a Blindfold Test. The first…

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    “I’m not getting any younger, and in my later years I want to make sure my own visions can be realized,” says pianist George Colligan.

    Interview, From the Magazine, George Colligan

    Aug 26, 2025 1:48 PM

    George Colligan’s Vision Realized

    From one perspective, the eminently versatile pianist George Colligan claims membership in the population of jazz…

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    Butcher Brown, clockwise from top left: Marcus Tenney, DJ Harrison, Morgan Burrs, Corey Fonville and Andrew Randazzo. (Keyboardist Harrison couldn’t make the gig, so special guest Jacob Mann sat in with the band at the Reno Jazz Festival.)

    Interview, From the Magazine, Butcher Brown

    Aug 19, 2025 12:41 PM

    Blindfold Test: Butcher Brown

    The band known as Butcher Brown has enjoyed the last half-decade basking in the glow from the twin engines of critical…

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    ​“I love the place that fate or whatever has positioned me in Gil Evans’ life and legacy,” said Ryan Truesdell.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Ryan Truesdell

    Aug 5, 2025 12:26 PM

    For the Love of Gil Evans

    “I originally set out to give two years of my life to Gil,” Ryan Truesdell said of his mindset in 2009, when he…

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    Christie Dashiell, left, and Terri Lyne Carrington demonstrate the resilience of Max Roach’s classic ’60s protest recording.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell

    Jul 22, 2025 11:22 AM

    Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell: Rediscovering ‘We Insist!’

    We Insist 2025!, the new album by Terri Lyne Carrington and Christie Dashiell, resonates from its core with echoes of…

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    “I feel that the discipline that we call music is an all-dynamic proposition that includes discovery, momentum and transposition,” Braxton said.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Anthony Braxton

    Jul 17, 2025 12:39 PM

    Anthony Braxton: Hall of Fame

    Anthony Braxton turned 80 in June, and his productivity this year alone exceeds that of some other artists’ entire…

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    Joe Satriani, left, and Steve Vai are in the midst of an action-packed European tour.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai

    Jul 15, 2025 11:41 AM

    Joe Satriani & Steve Vai: Life, Lessons & Friendship

    They are the offspring of Jimi Hendrix, forever changed by hearing “Purple Haze” and “Voodoo Child (Slight…

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    “Hamiet was one of the most underrated musicians ever,” says Whitaker of baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Rodney Whitaker

    Jul 8, 2025 7:30 AM

    Blindfold Test: Rodney Whitaker

    At 56, Rodney Whitaker, professor of jazz bass and director of jazz studies at Michigan State University, is equally…

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    “As human beings, when we talk to one another we can come together in one community,” said Sunny Jain, leader of Red Baraat. “To me, that’s the most important thing.”

    Interview, From the Magazine, Red Baraat

    Jul 1, 2025 11:58 AM

    Red Baraat Transcends Borders

    When Red Baraat hits the stage and starts pumping out its ecstatic melange of genre-busting music that fuses 18th…

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    “I would follow Barry [Harris] wherever he went,” Pasquale Grasso says of one of his early mentors. “His concept of music resonated with me, and I loved how he approached it.”

    Interview, From the Magazine, Pasquale Grasso

    Jun 24, 2025 12:27 PM

    Pasquale Grasso Feels the Ferver

    Pasquale Grasso plays virtuosic guitar in a style that incorporates intricate harmonies and bebop phrasing with a…

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