JazzTimes  |  Jul/ Aug 2021
JEN SHYU
Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses, the latest project by vocalist/composer/multi-instrumentalist Jen Shyu, is multi-dimensional, a meeting of jazz, traditional Asian musics, theater, and dance that blends the
themes of racism, sexism, climate change, and family grief. As Michael J. West discovers, its creator is just as complex
VINCE MENDOZA
Over four decades, Vince Mendoza has established a gold-standard career as an arranger, composer, and conductor, winning half a dozen Grammy Awards in the process. Now, for the first time, he’s produced a work that’s explicitly political. A.D. Amorosi finds out why, while also uncovering Mendoza’s sizable debt to Philly soul.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in JazzTimes Jul/ Aug 2021.