JazzTimes Magazine November 2020 Back Issue

JOHN HOLLENBECK
Many people say they’re taking advantage of the COVID-19 lockdown to try new concepts and change old habits. Lauded drummer, composer, and bandleader John Hollenbeck really is doing these things—and that applies not only to the way he plays and writes but also to the way he approaches his work as an educator. Michael J. West got a progress report.

JEFF HAMILTON
He’s worked alongside legends like Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson, and Monty Alexander; he played a key role in jumpstarting the career of a certain superstar Canadian singer/pianist; and he currently leads not one but three working bands. The drummer’s drummer chats about his long and storied career with Lee Mergner.

CAMERON GRAVES
Last spring, the pianist who enlivened Kamasi Washington’s The Epic and has more recently been gracing stages with Stanley Clarke was supposed
to put out a gut-punch of a new album that displays his love of heavy metal. Many months later, he’s finally almost ready to unleash it. David Fricke
caught up with Graves both before and after his career went on hold.