DownBeat Magazine # October 2013 Volume 80, Number 10
DownBeat Magazine
DownBeat Magazine - October 2013


Editor | DownBeat Magazine |
Date | October 2013 |
Format | Magazine |
Pages | |
Location | USA |
Language | English |
Link | downbeat.com web.archive.org |
Cover
Gregory Porter
The Storyteller
By Allen Morrison
Although Porter has great technical strengths as a singer—a round, sonorous baritone, effortless intonation and clear elocution—his appeal is not purely musical. It’s more about filling an ancient human need for a storyteller.
Features
Glenn Miller Orchestra @ 75
The Busiest Big Band in America
By John McDonough
Take any big band in DownBeat’s polls, add in the ghosts of Mingus, Basie, Shaw, the Dorseys, Herman and Kenton, and you still wouldn’t match the road time that the Miller band logs by bus.
John Zorn
Genius at Work
By Bill Milkowski
In honor of his 60th birthday, we examine the career of a composer wholly committed to his art.
Roberto Fonseca
‘The Music Is Alive’
By Fred Bouchard
DownBeat catches up with the Cuban-born pianist backstage at the French festival Jazz À Vienne.
Where To Study Jazz 2014
Student Music Guide
192 Schools Listed
Players
Jonathan Finlayson
Carmen Souza
Zach Brock
Vadim Neselovskyi
Blindfold Test
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test” :
- Dexter Gordon : “Cheese Cake” from Go (Blue Note)
- Ravi Coltrane : “Who Wants Ice Cream” from Spirit Fiction (Blue Note)
- Dave Liebman/Michael Stephans : “Here, There And Everywhere” from Lineage : Rock And Pop Classics Revisited (Whaling City Sound)
- David “Fathead” Newman : “Blues For Ball” from Back To Basics (Milestone)
- S.O.S. : “News” from Looking For The Next One (Cuneiform)
- David Murray Infinity Quartet : “Stressology” from Be My Monster Love (Motéma)
Also In This Issue
2014 NEA Jazz Masters ; Montreal Jazz Festival Caught ; Umbria Jazz Caught ; Toronto Jazz Festival Caught ; Dee Dee Bridgewater in Lady Day ; Farewell George Duke ; Anthony Branker Master Class ; Matt Shevitz Pro Session ; Dan Wilensky Pro Session ; Ornette Coleman Transcription ; Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal ; plus Dozens of CD Reviews, Product Reviews and Much More !