Jazz Influencers: Issue 1 (Digital Magazine)

Jazz Influencers Magazine – The Inaugural Issue (April 2025)

The Sound of Now. The Voices of Tomorrow.

Discover the cutting edge of jazz in the debut issue of Jazz Influencers, the premiere print and digital magazine spotlighting today’s most powerful and provocative voices in the genre. From Grammy winners to underground innovators, this issue is your backstage pass to the new jazz movement.

Our cover story features Dan Farrow, the genre-blurring keyboardist and guitarist whose journey from Zurich to the Grammy stage fuses funk, soul, and fearless improvisation. We honor the legacy of Roy Ayers in a stunning memorial tribute, and explore Art Blakey’s lifelong role as bandleader, mentor, and rhythmic pioneer.

Other features include:

• Ron Carter live at Catalina Jazz Club—captured in poetic reflection.
• The Grammy Spotlight, highlighting winners like Chick Corea, Zaccai Curtis, and Samara Joy.
• A provocative look at AI in Jazz: Is it revolutionizing or compromising improvisation?
• Album reviews of Samara Joy’s A Joyful Holiday and Moses Yoofee Trio’s MYT.
• The Rise of Jazz YouTubers: Meet Jihye Lee, Laufey, Charles Cornell, and Emmet Cohen.
• A powerful editorial on unsung women in jazz, including Astrud Gilberto, Sandra Booker, and Barbara Morrison.
• DIY Touring Guide: Real talk from working musicians about booking, budgeting, and breaking through.
• Styled to Play: Jazz fashion tips for stage and performance, featuring Kaylene Peoples’ new style column for both women and men.
• Low End Logic: Bunny Brunel’s column on tone, discipline, and what gear can’t teach you.
• Daru Jones x Snow Milk: Where rhythm meets fashion in a custom drum kit collaboration.

Whether you’re a musician, educator, collector, or fan—Jazz Influencers is your new essential read. This isn’t just a magazine. It’s a movement.

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