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In This Issue
- The Blues Today: “Somewhere, Somebody Has the Blues” ║ By J.D. Considine
- For this special cover story, DownBeat digs into the meaning and importance of the blues. We check in with blues stars Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Shemekia Copeland, Ruthie Foster, Billy Branch and other musicians to spotlight this enduring art form.
- Ed Palermo Big Band: Run With It! ║ By Ed Enright
- Palermo’s namesake big band has earned a reputation as a virtual circus of jazz-rock medleys, mashups, jump-cuts and other spirited musical mischief.
- William Parker: Everything That’s Beautiful ║ By Dave Cantor
- “It’s the sound community of William Parker,” said vocalist Lisa Sokolov, who first met the bassist in the mid-1970s and appears on Migration Of Silence Into And Out Of The Tone World, a 10-album set.
- Blindfold Test: Rez Abbasi ║ By Gary Fukushima
- Abbasi’s latest project is the trio album Django Shift (Whilrwind), a salute to the music of Django Reinhardt featuring acoustic guitars, organ, synthesizers and drums. This is his first Blindfold Test.
- The Hot Box
- • M'Lumbo/Jane Ira Bloom, Celestial Machanics (Ropeadope) • Dave Douglas, Marching Music (Greenleaf Music) • Delvon Lamar Organ Trio, I Told You So (Colemine) • Sabir Mateen, Creation (557 Records)
- Master Class ║ By Benjamin Boone
- Internalizing Multiple Pulse Streams
- Transcription ║ By Jimi Durso
- Mike Stern’s guitar solo on “Upside Downside”
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Founded in 1934, DownBeat magazine is the world's premiere international jazz periodcal. It enjoys a rich legacy as “The Bible of Jazz,” having covered the most dynamic American music and musicians to emerge in the 20th and 21st centuries. Over the decades, millions of readers have been led to artists and recordings on the strength of DownBeat reviews, interviews, profiles, instructional articles and news reporting. DownBeat is owned and operated by Elmhurst, Illinois-based Maher Publications, a family-owned business. It is published 12 times annually.
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