ON THE COVER: Dave O'Higgins - Face of '89

FEATURES: Records of The Year, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Albert Ayler, Manfred Eicher, Sonic Youth, Tim Berne, Jazz Awards

ON THE COVER: Bird - Red Rodney and Tony Scott

FEATURES: Hal Willner, Charles McPherson, Howard Mandel, Dennis Gonzalez, Billy Bang

John Cage, Carla Bley, Judith Weir, Misha Mengelberg, Mike Gibbs

ON THE COVER: David Sanborn - Hands On

FEATURES: Xenakis, John Lewis, Lou Gare, Booker Little

ON THE COVER: Jason Rebello

FEATURES: Joe Bowie, Dianne Reeves, New Orleans, Siberia, Adelaide Hall

ON THE COVER: John Scofield

FEATURES: John McLaughlin, Chet Baker, Johnny Hodges, Von Freeman

ON THE COVER: Sonny Rollins

FEATURES: Ornette Coleman, Hank RRoberts, Harry Partch, Ed Blackwell, Martin Archer

ON THE COVER: Marilyn Crispell

FEATURES: Gil Evans, Roland Perrin, Andy Kirk

ON THE COVER: Photograph by Mark Lewis

FEATURES: Tommy Smith, David Holland, Pisa Festival

ON THE COVER: Akemi Kuhn

FEATURES: Billy Jenkins, Clark Tracey, Frank Morgan & Mark Stern, Julius Hemphill

ON THE COVER: Billi Holiday

FEATURES: Dave Liebman, King Oliver, Robert Fripp, Joe Henderson, Harold Budd