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Demian, Jazz, and the Path to Oneself
This essay was originally published by Ravi Joseph on Substack.
Sometime around 2007 I discovered the work of alto saxophonist Steve Lehman. He was, and continues to be, a frequent collaborator of cutting-edge downtown jazz musicians like Vijay Iyer and Tyshawn Sorey. I was an aspiring jazz musician at the