DownBeat Magazine # April 2012 Volume 79, Number 4
DownBeat Magazine
DownBeat Magazine - April 2012
| Editor | DownBeat Magazine |
| Date | April 2012 |
| Format | Magazine |
| Pages | |
| Location | USA |
| Language | English |
| Link | downbeat.com web.archive.org |
- Cover
- Robert Glasper’s Big Experiment
- By Shaun Brady
- In Robert Glasper’s view, jazz could learn a thing or two from hip-hop. Not just musically—though the pianist has increasingly worked to meld the two genres over the course of his career—but also in its attitude. “I feel like jazz needs a big-ass slap,” he says. “Slapping hurts, but at some point it’ll wake you up.” Expect Glasper’s boundary-crossing CD Black Radio Blue Note, the first full album by his Experiment band, to sound the alarm.
- Features
- Wes Montgomery
- Back Home on Indiana Avenue
- By Aaron Cohen
- A new album of previously unreleased tapes sheds light on the early work of the iconic jazz guitarist.
- Wadada Leo Smith
- Looking for the Diamond Fields
- By Michael Jackson
- Despite orchestrating a panoply of music, Smith steadily remains the unblinking eye of the cyclone.
- Orbert Davis
- Orbert Inc.
- By Ed Enright
- How a top-tier trumpeter makes artistry and advocacy his business.
- Musicians’ Gear Guide
- Great Finds From The NAMM Show 2012
- Players
- Daniel Rosenthal
- Rez Abbasi
- Fabian Almazan
- New West Guitar Group
- Blindfold Test
- Pianist David Hazeltine was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test” :
- Robert Glasper : “Think Of One” from Double Booked Blue Note
- Geoff Keezer : “Araña Amarilla” from Aurea Artist Share
- Tony Williams Trio : “Farewell To Dogma” from Young At Heart Columbia
- Martial Solal : “Here’s That Rainy Day” from Longitude CamJazz
- Edward Simon Trio : “Poesia” from Poesia CamJazz
- David Kikoski : “Chance” from Mostly Standards Criss Cross Jazz
- Barry Harris Trio : “Oblivion” from The Last Time I Saw Paris Venus
- Also In This Issue
- Conversation with Christian McBride, New York Winter Jazz Fest Caught, Jazz Cruise Caught, Chucho Valdés Caught, Etta James Remembered, European Scene, Nine Winds Records, Soul Rebels, Brass School : Wynton Marsalis Transcription, Wayne Wallace Master Class, Kirk Garrison Pro Session, Harvard University Jazz Band Celebrates Blue Note, plus Dozens of CD Reviews, Product Reviews and Much More !
