In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Jazzwise

• Brian Jackson, Colectiva, Mama Terra and more complete packed Love Supreme Jazz Fest 2025 programme
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• INCOMING!
  – SCORCHING NEW RELEASES, LEGGING IT INTO THE JAZZWISE INBOX…
• FUTURE MOVERS
  HIGHLIGHTING SERIOUS TALENT BUBBLING UNDER THE RADAR….
• LAKECIA BENJAMIN TAKES 5
  The saxophonist selects the albums she can’t live without…
• DANISH JAZZ SPOT BRINGS HOME THE BACON
  Peter Jones visits the Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen’s equivalent to Ronnie Scott’s and a favourite stop off for touring musicians from abroad
• “Don’t compromise your integrity to compete with an AI-assisted lounge pianist…”
  In the next part of our series on the dos and don’ts of making and releasing music today, Eddie Myer – bassist, Jazzwise contributor and Senior Lecturer in Postgraduate Studies at BIMM in Brighton – answers some of the burning questions about the daunting digital music universe
• Do you C what she did?
  Pianist and composer Claire Cope’s gifts for musical storytelling and marshalling a big band are gaining attention and plaudits from jazz lovers, particularly with Every Journey, her latest album with her group Ensemble C. Andy Robson finds out more
• The Showstopper!
  A singer’s singer like no other, Betty Carter could do it all – and her live masterpiece The Audience With Betty Carter made it into Jazzwise’s book 100 Jazz Albums That Shook the World at No.65. Stuart Nicholson explains why we all need to remember the extraordinary voice of ‘Betty BeBop’
• SHE’LL PUT A SPELL ON you…
  As the 60th anniversary of Nina Simone’s seismic album I Put A Spell On You swings around this year, Kevin Le Gendre assesses the importance of her legacy and speaks to contemporary kindred spirit and jazz vocalist, China Moses about how Simone’s songbook continues to resonate powerfully today
• A WARRIOR’S JOURNEY
  Brit-jazz bass boss and Tomorrow’s Warriors co-founder Gary Crosby OBE turned 70 this year, but shows no sign of slowing down. He speaks to Thomas Rees about his lifelong fight for art, the secret to TW’s incredible success – and the brush with death that changed everything
• Beyond Bluegrass
  First emerging as part of the New Grass Revival and his Grammy-winning group The Flecktones in the late 1980s, banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck has traversed the upper echelons of jazz and bluegrass as well as forging a fruitful partnership with the late Chick Corea. Victoria Kingham spoke to him about his thrilling new BEATrio ahead of their two London shows this summer
• SEE FOR MILES
  Possessing a Midas touch when it came to plugging jazz musicians into the electric era, keyboardist Jason Miles has worked with some of the biggest names in jazz, soul, rock and pop, not least sprinkling sonic fairy dust on Miles Davis’s Grammy-winning classic, Tutu. Also a renowned solo artist and producer, Jason now lives in Lisbon, from where he spoke to Stuart Nicholson about his five-decade career and the new lease of life he’s found in Europe
• TURNING POINT
  Sax giant Joe Lovano nominates Meditations, a late John Coltrane masterpiece, as his musical epiphany. Brian Glasser listens in
• Albums: New Releases
  Our vinyl, CD and download reviews – Jazz and beyond
• ERIC SCOTT REED
  Pianist Eric Scott Reed is known for his work with the likes of Cassandra Wilson, Clark Terry, Christian McBride and Ron Carter, and has a new album out on the Smoke Records imprint. He speaks to David Gallant about his life in music and his favourite gear over the years
• Instrument News & Reviews
  This month, David Gallant checks out a sleek new trumpet and a ‘refreshed’ versatile entry-level electric piano
• Gig Guide JULY 25
  Rosie Hanley previews the must-see gigs and concerts. Send future listings to roseanne.hanley@gmail.com
• Airshots
  July 25 Radio
• Letters
  Write in to us here at Letters Dept, Jazzwise Magazine, St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB or email letters@jazzwise.com