DownBeat Magazine # May 2013 Volume 80, Number 5
DownBeat Magazine
DownBeat Magazine - May 2013
| Editor | DownBeat Magazine |
| Date | May 2013 |
| Format | Magazine |
| Pages | |
| Location | USA |
| Language | English |
| Link | downbeat.com web.archive.org |
- Cover
- Charles Lloyd
- Tender Warrior
- By Sean J. O’Connell
- Charles Lloyd is a spiritual seeker and a top draw on the international jazz festival circuit. With a new duo CD recorded with Jason Moran, a box set and a documentary film all in circulation, the tenor saxophonist continues to make transcendent music and serve the art form as one of today’s enlightened jazz elders.
- Features
- Frank Zappa
- A Serious Man
- By Geoffrey Himes
- The late composer-guitarist’s entire catalog is being reissued in an ambitious program.
- Alexander von Schlippenbach
- Driving Force
- By Ted Panken
- His new solo album, Schlippenbach Plays Monk, reveals the pianist’s undying esteem for a kindred spirit.
- Antonio Sanchez
- New Chapter
- By Ken Micallef
- The drummer’s leader project, New Life, highlights his evolution as a player and composer.
- 2013 International Summer Festival Guide
- Complete listings for more than 175 festivals
- Players
- Jacám Manricks
- Pharez Whitted
- Mopo
- Cristina Pato
- Blindfold Test
- Trumpeter David Weiss was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test” :
- SFJAZZ Collective : “Baghdad Blues” from Live 2010 : 7th Annual Concert Tour—The Works Of Horace Silver Plus New Compositions SFJAZZ Records
- Alex Sipiagin : “Obsequious” from Generations : Dedicated To Woody Shaw Criss Cross Jazz
- Terence Blanchard Group : “Hacia Del Aire” from Choices Concord
- Terell Stafford : “Johnny Come Lately” from This Side Of Strayhorn MaxJazz
- Maria Schneider Orchestra : “The ‘Pretty’ Road” from Sky Blue ArtistShare
- Ralph Alessi : “Medieval Genius” from Wiry Strong Clean Feed
- Peter Evans Quintet : “Ghost” from Ghosts More Is More
- Also In This Issue
- OKeh Records Resurrected, Document Records Reissue Series, Maria Schneider on Winter Morning Walks, Portland Jazz Fest Caught, Jakob Bro Trio Caught, Steven Cottrell’s The Saxophone, European Scene, Reed School : Jeff Coffin Master Class, Lee Konitz Transcription, Panama Jazz Festival, plus Dozens of CD Reviews, Product Reviews and Much More !
