Craig Taborn (left), Nels Cline and Marcus Gilmore turn a producer’s pet project into a jam for the ages.

Lee Ritenour, right, with journalist Ashley Kahn, center, and pianist Greg Burk, who translated for the Italian audience.

“Miles could hear so well that he could hear the future,” Bartz said..

Avishai Cohen, right, with writer Ashley Kahn at the North Sea Jazz Fest.

Christian McBride, the DownBeat Readers Poll choice for Artist of the Year, and R&B star Jeffrey Osborne at The Record Parlour, a used vinyl shop and show venue in Los Angeles.

​Jack DeJohnette: a tireless explorer who robustly embodied the jazz aesthetic as a kaleidoscopic drummer, pianist, tireless collaborator and marvelously creative and productive bandleader.

“Instead of trying to invent a single tone, we need to give it those shades of colors that change to fit the emotional interpretation of what the music is,” Branford Marsalis said, reflecting on the collective mindset of his longstanding quartet with Joey Calderazzo, Justin Faulkner and Eric Revis.

“I consider myself lucky to be an extrovert,” said Cohen. “I like people and their stories.”

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s trumpet section, from left, Wynton Marsalis (JALC managing and artistic director), Ryan Kisor, Kenny Rampton and Marcus Printup.

In 1997, a Japanese promoter asked Vincent Herring (right) to bring “a young guy who nobody knows” on a tour with a four-saxophone band that also included Bob Berg and Donald Harrison. Herring invited Eric Alexander (left).