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On The Cover:
LEW TABACKIN
(by Thomas Staudter)
An abiding desire to improve his playing drives Lew Tabackin forward, he admits—even now, with a professional musical career that spans more than 60 years, during which time he’s been widely recognized as a preeminent jazz flutist, as well as a supremely expressive tenor saxophonist…
Interview:
ROBERT IRVING III
(by Emily Steinhilber)
Robert Irving III entered Miles Davis’ orbit at age 26, just as Davis was returning from a five-year hiatus, and he subsequently became the trumpeter’s pianist, composer, arranger and musical director within one of jazz’ most consequential working laboratories…
Artist Feature:
MEG OKURA
(by JR Simon)
Meg Okura defies easy definition. She’s a classically-trained violinist with an irrepressible sense of groove, a composer who never formally studied composition and a musician who moves from Japanese and Jewish cultural influences to jazz, classical and everything in between…
Encore:
KLAUS KOENIG
(by Andrew Schinder)
Switzerland has long played an important role in the growth of jazz music, and pianist Klaus Koenig has been right in the middle of the Swiss jazz scene throughout his adult life, either in front of the microphone or behind it…
Lest We Forget:
KEITH INGHAM
(by Marilyn Lester)
Although this column usually honors musicians of the more-distant past, this month, we are moved to remember pianist-arranger and music director Keith Ingham, who died earlier this year, on March 12, at age 87…
Album Reviews
In Print, On Screen, Boxed Set, Drop The Needle Reviews, Globe Unity…
