JazzTimes Magazine Jul/ Aug 2022 Zurück Ausgabe

WELCOME TO THE REMIX
Nearly 30 years after the release of Us3’s Hand on the Torch, it’s no longer a novelty for Blue Note Records to let DJs into its vaults and sample away. What is different about the label’s latest batch of DJ-oriented releases, John Murph reports, is how much they
reference not only Blue Note’s classic jazz past but also its more club-focused music of the last three decades.

MARY HALVORSON
The COVID-19 lockdown gave acclaimed guitarist Mary Halvorson the opportunity to bring some long-held compositional dreams to fruition at last. Now she’s making her Nonesuch Records debut with not one but two albums. Michael J. West uncovers a story of burnout, creative recharging, and string articulations.