JazzTimes Magazine June 2022 Zurück Ausgabe

KENNY GARRETT
The past two years have led us to re-examine many things. Among them: the work of Kenny Garrett. If only more such re-examinations were as enjoyable! The alto great’s most recent release, Sounds from the Ancestors, is music with a mission, and David Fricke discusses that and much more with Garrett in a fascinating and wide-ranging interview.

MARK TURNER
His unyielding attention to detail over decades has made him a modern master, influencing a generation of saxophonists. But Mark Turner shows other sides of himself in this unvarnished conversation with A.D. Amorosi.

MELISSA ALDANA
As our world fell apart in 2020, Melissa Aldana not only found herself facing the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftereffects but also had to confront the reality of a divorce and an uprooted life. With her latest album 12 Stars, the Chilean tenorist closes that uncertain chapter and begins a promising new one. Jackson Sinnenberg checks in.