DownBeat Magazine # June 2012 Volume 79, Number 6
DownBeat Magazine
DownBeat Magazine - June 2012
| Editor | DownBeat Magazine |
| Date | June 2012 |
| Format | Magazine |
| Pages | |
| Location | USA |
| Language | English |
| Link | downbeat.com web.archive.org |
- Cover
- Kenny Garrett
- Digs Deep
- By Dan Ouellette
- The Detroit-bred, New York-based alto and soprano saxophonist talks about his deep-rooted artistic cultivation, specifically as it relates to Seeds From The Underground, his new CD on Mack Avenue Records.
- Features
- The Fringe
- 40 Years on the Fringe
- By Claire Daly
- The Boston-based trio has maintained a remarkable dedication to adventurous music-making for four decades.
- Ralph Peterson
- Protecting the Truth
- By Ted Panken
- On the occasion of releasing The Duality Perspective on his Onyx imprint, the drummer, educator and bandleader talks about carrying on the jazz tradition.
- Grégoire Maret
- Close to the Human Voice
- By Ken Micallef
- After some 50 recordings as a sideman, the harmonica virtuoso’s self-titled debut on eOne Music is a mature, individualistic and soulful statement.
- 35th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards
- Players
- Tom Kennedy
- Scott Tixier
- Mike LeDonne
- Kresten Osgood
- Blindfold Test
- Multi-reedist Mats Gustafsson was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test” :
- Julius Hemphill : “Dogon A.D.” from Dogon A.D. International Phonograph
- Yosuke Yamashita : “Chiasma” from Chiasma MPS
- Lars Gullin : “Fedja” from Baritone Sax Collectables
- Peter Evans : “Wa” from Nature/Culture Psi
- Steve Lacy : “Stamps” from Blinks Hat Hut
- Magnus Broo : “Thoughts Are Things” from Swedish Wood Moserobie
- Also In This Issue
- Jazz Bakery Returns, Jazz en Rafale Caught, Vossa Jazz Caught, Julian Lage, Jazz at Walt Disney Concert Hall, AUM Fidelity at 15, European Scene, Indie Life, Jazz Education Achievement Awards : Christopher Dorsey, Mary Jo Papich and Dr. Lou Fischer, Jazz Education Hall of Fame : Steve Zegree, University of Louisville School of Music Jazz Festival, plus Dozens of CD Reviews, Product Reviews and Much More !
