FEATURES

• New Visionaries
  Who will keep jazz moving into the future? It’s a question all serious fans of the music need to ask. So often we tend to think of jazz in terms of its past glories, the innovations and accomplishments of the single-named greats like Miles, Bird, Duke, Ella, Trane and Satch. But jazz is a living, breathing, ever-evolving art form, and not a week goes by at the JazzTimes listening post that we don’t discover a bright, young talent who is not only upholding the traditions of the music but pushing it forward. So join us as we celebrate some of the young lions and lionesses, including Anat Cohen, Robert Glasper, Marcus Strickland, Christian Scott, Mathias Eick and Aaron Parks–the new visionaries of jazz!



• Esperanza Spalding
  Esperanza Spalding’s resume is that of a prodigy. Fifteen when she first picked up an acoustic bass, today, at 23, she is being hailed as one of the music’s bright young lights—appropriate because her first name, in Spanish, means hope. Spalding, who is also a captivating vocalist and accomplished composer, graduated from the Berklee College of Music a year early, and subsequently became the youngest faculty member in the school’s history. She has since played with the likes of Pat Metheny and Joe Lovano and released two albums. The most recent, simply titled Esperanza (Heads Up), is already being hailed as one of the year’s best.



• Icons & Innovators: The Photography of Jimmy Katz
  Photographer Jimmy Katz has spent the better part of the past two decades shooting jazz artists at work and play. He has photographed all of the living giants and his images have been featured on hundreds of CD and magazine covers. Katz’s photographs have been exhibited all over the world. In this issue, JazzTimes presents highlights from JazzKatz, a book whose title says it all.

OPENING CHORUS Bill McHenry by Eric Fine Roy Haynes: Video Game DJ? by Nick Breul Wayman Tisdale by Brian Soergel Bobby Previte by John Murph Treme Brass Band by Geraldine Wyckoff @HOME with Joe Lovano & Judi Silvano by Bill Milkowski BEFORE & AFTER with Taylor Eigsti Interview by Larry Appelbaum OVERDUE OVATION with Jerry Bergonzi by Chris Kelsey

COLUMNS

Columns by Nate Chinen, Gary Giddins & Nat Hentoff

AudioFiles: Mike Quinn on Speakers

REVIEWS LEAD CD REVIEW David Sanborn Here and Gone (Decca) by Jessica Sendra REVIEWS Plus dozens of CD & book reviews...