JazzTimes Magazine Jul/Aug 2020 Back Issue

BILL FRISELL
In this exclusive interview with JT editor Mac Randall, the American guitarist par excellence reveals what he’s been doing in Brooklyn quarantine, mourns the friends he’s lost this year, offers insight into his new trio album Valentine, and describes how his instrument saves him every day

THE PEDAL STEEL IN JAZZ
The most complicated member of the guitar family may still be more associated with honkytonks than with jazz clubs, but that’s starting to change. Geoffrey Himes identifies the leading steel players who are sliding their way into jazz, including Greg Leisz, Susan Alcorn, Chuck Campbell, and Heather Leigh.

THURSTON MOORE
With Sonic Youth, he spent 30 years on the edge of rock, but these days the proudly experimental Moore is traveling a different road. Shaun Brady spoke to the guitarist about his long-held love for jazz, his adventures in the world of free improvisation, and his latest avant-garde exploits.

JAZZ UNDER LOCKDOWN
The COVID-19 pandemic has put the jazz business on hold, and nobody knows when, how, or if it will return to what it was before the coronavirus. In the face of total uncertainty, musicians, institutions, club owners, and festival organizers have little choice but to try and carry on in hope of a better future. Here’s what some of them are doing to get by.