Sometimes "tribute "can be a dirty word in jazz - a sign a project's only justification is a well-known name - a warning that reverence may have trumped inspiration on a record. But it doesn't have to be that way. This episode, the bastards look at four 2022 releases that each celebrate a towering figure from jazz's past without getting tangled up in its shadow. With dedicatees as varied as Johnny Hodges, Charles Mingus, Yusef Lateef, and Wes Montgomery, things never get in a rut. Bennie Maupin - SYMPHONIC TONE POEM FOR BROTHER LATEEF; Ethan Philion – MEDITATIONS ON MINGUS; Owen Broder: HODGES FRONT AND CENTER; Tim Fitzgerald – FULL HOUSE.