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    “I love the fact that when some people think about my music they think of it as joyous, but there is darkness inside,” Anat Cohen says. “We are complex humans.”

    Interview, From the Magazine, Anat Cohen

    Mar 25, 2025 12:10 PM

    Anat Cohen: Finding Connection

    Anat Cohen, in conversation, is disarmingly present and fully invested. One gets the feeling that in most interactions…

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    “Why, being a classically trained musician, do I have to only play the obvious themes?” asks Kristin Lee.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Kristin Lee

    Mar 25, 2025 11:44 AM

    Violinist Kristin Lee Unveils Her Love for American Music

    Kristin Lee was just 7 years old and didn’t speak a word of English when her family left Seoul, Korea, emigrating to…

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    “This music is really about honoring my forebearers and expressing gratitude to my parents and my grandparents,” Kono says about Voyages.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Ben Kono

    Mar 18, 2025 2:35 PM

    Ben Kono’s Homage to Family

    Versatile woodwind artist Ben Kono, a third-generation Japanese American, spent many years as a consummate sideman,…

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    “Not in a million years, man,” said saxophonist Jeff Coffin about imagining if he’d be inducted into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame. He was last year.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Jeff Coffin

    Mar 11, 2025 12:42 PM

    Jeff Coffin: The Working-est Man in Show Biz

    If the DownBeat Critics Poll had categories for “most eclectic musician” and “working-est man in show biz,”…

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    Joel Ross says that Warren Wolf has the best mix of instrumental technique and a deep understanding of multiple types of music.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Joel Ross

    Mar 11, 2025 12:29 PM

    Blindfold Test: Joel Ross

    Joel Ross was touring Europe last summer with his group Good Vibes in support of his new Blue Note album, Nublues. On…

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    As Ted Nash, left, departs the alto saxophone chair for LCJO, Alexa Tarantino steps in as the band’s first female full-time member.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Ted Nash, Alexa Tarantino

    Mar 4, 2025 1:29 PM

    Changing of the Guard at Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

    On October 23, Ted Nash – having toured the world playing alto, soprano and tenor saxophone, clarinet and bass…

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    “You’ve got to trust that inner child, keep exploring, even though people think it’s wrong,” says Fortner.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Sullivan Fortner

    Feb 25, 2025 11:20 AM

    Sullivan Fortner’s Path to Artistry

    Every week at the Village Vanguard fosters its own sound. No one really knows how the music might evolve by Sunday, but…

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    “Our planet is crying, and we have to wake up, and we have to do more,” says T.K. Blue.

    Interview, From the Magazine, T.K. Blue

    Feb 25, 2025 11:01 AM

    T.K. Blue: Music for a Crying Planet

    On pianist Abdullah Ibrahim’s landmark 1977 album The Journey (Chiaroscuro), a then-unknown alto saxophonist and…

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    “I love the touch, the sound, the harmonic progressions, the groove from beginning to end,” Alfredo Rodríguez said of Hank Jones.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Alfredo Rodríguez

    Feb 18, 2025 1:56 PM

    Blindfold Test: Alfredo Rodríguez

    “I’ve looked to be global for a long time,” Alfredo Rodríguez told DownBeat in 2020. “I like to explore music…

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    “If you don’t keep learning, your mind slows down,” Coleman says. “Use it or lose it.”

    Interview, From the Magazine, Steve Coleman

    Jan 28, 2025 11:38 AM

    Steve Coleman’s Complicated Soul

    PolyTropos/Of Many Turns — the title for Steve Coleman’s latest recording on Pi and his 33rd album overall —…

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