DownBeat Magazine # September 2012 Volume 79, Number 9
DownBeat Magazine
DownBeat Magazine - September 2012
| Editor | DownBeat Magazine |
| Date | September 2012 |
| Format | Magazine |
| Pages | |
| Location | USA |
| Language | English |
| Link | downbeat.com web.archive.org |
- Cover
- Bill Evans
- The Softer Side of the Revolution
- By John McDonough
- A two-CD set of previously unreleased 1968 performances by Bill Evans—Live At Art D’Lugoff’s Top Of The Gate Resonance—provides yet another reminder of the singular genius of the pianist.
- Features
- David Murray & James Blood Ulmer
- Total Freedom
- By Howard Mandel
- The tenor saxophonist and guitarist have worked together for more than 30 years, playing some of the most freely improvised small-group music imaginable and currently raising a sweetly blistering ruckus in David Murray’s Blues Big Band.
- Dirty Dozen Brass Band
- 35-Year Parade
- By Frank-John Hadley
- One of the Crescent City’s premier music institutions celebrates 35 years of taking street pageantry to bold, new extremes.
- Ken Vandermark
- Defeating Expectations
- By Alain Drouot
- The Chicago-based saxophonist and clarinetist has displayed a rare dedication in his quest to solve questions related to composition, improvisation and ways to present his music.
- Players
- Alfredo Rodríguez
- Román Filiú O’Reilly
- Kelly Hogan
- Antonio Adolfo
- Blindfold Test
- Pianist Frank Kimbrough was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test” :
- Vijay Iyer Trio : “Wildflower” from Accelerando ACT
- Chick Corea/Eddie Gomez/Paul Motian : “Mode VI” from Further Explorations Concord-Stretch
- Aaron Goldberg/Omer Avital/Ali Jackson : “Way, Way Back” from Yes ! Sunnyside
- Alfredo Rodríguez : “Qbafrica” from Sounds Of Space Mack Avenue
- Craig Taborn : “Avenging Angel” from Avenging Angel ECM
- Aki Takase/Han Bennink : “Locomotive” from Two For Two Intakt
- Ahmad Jamal : “Blue Moon” from Blue Moon Jazz Village
- Also In This Issue
- Montreal Jazz Festival highlights, Latin Jazz Grammy category reinstated, European Scene : Rudi Records, Béla Fleck & Marcus Roberts collaboration, Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival Caught, Rio Das Ostras Jazz & Blues Festival Caught, Soulsville Foundation, Indie Life : Chris Greene Quartet, Ben Powell, Household Ink Records, Keyboard School : Fred Hersch Master Class, Michael Wolff Pro Session, Brad Mehldau Transcription, plus Dozens of CD Reviews, Product Reviews and Much More !
