The October issue of Jazzwise is out now! This month’s cover story celebrates legendary spiritual jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, coinciding with the release of a remarkable newly unearthed 1975 live recording. Inside, leading UK vocalist Brigitte Beraha discusses her striking Lucid Dreamers project, Mercury-nominated trumpeter Laura Jurd unveils her fiery new folk-jazz sound, and we trace the deep jazz roots, via Dizzy Gillespie and Art Blakey, of trumpet superstar Chuck Mangione.

Elsewhere, trumpeter Nicholas Payton shares his surprising choice for his musical Turning Point, while rising UK star Olivia Cuttill opens up about her stylish creative process, and we also spotlight improv guitar pioneer Derek Bailey in Return Flight. Plus, there are insightful album interviews with Grammy-winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant and jazz-punk innovators Led Bib. Saxophonist Eric Alexander selects five desert-island albums in Takes Five, and clarinettist Giacomo Smith tells the story of his musical beginnings in The Player.

All this plus the essential new, reissue and archival albums reviewed, plus books, live reviews, nationwide gig guide, jazz news and more...

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