What happens when an artist becomes a legend in his own lifetime? That’s the question raised in the liner notes to Thelonious Monk’s Paris 1969, a new historical CD/DVD package that is a slice of jazz heaven.
Stan Getz Quartet, Live At Montreux 1972
When tenor saxophonist Stan Getz headed to the Montreux Jazz Festival for a performance (and TV taping) on June 23, 1972, he brought along a talented group of young players with whom he had recently recorded the fusion-flavored album Captain Marvel.
Keith Jarrett, No End
In a fruitful year of Keith Jarrett releases on ECM—the label has already issuedHymns/Spheres, Somewhere and Six Sonatas For Violin And Piano and will wrap up the year with a reissue of 1981’sConcerts: Bregenz/München—here is a Jarrett offering out of left field
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dOWNBEAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHING since 1939 AND REMAINS AS A BIBLE FOR THE jAZZ MUSICIAN.
Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. It is named after the "downbeat" in music also called "beat one" or the first beat of a musical measure.
Down Beat publishes results of annual surveys of both its readers and critics in a variety of categories. The Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame includes winners from both the readers' and critics' poll. The results of the readers' poll are published in the December issue, those of the critics' poll in the August issue.
Well-known features of Down Beat magazine include its "Reviews" section where jazz critics, using a '1-Star to 5-Star' maximum rating system, rate the latest musical recordings, vintage recordings, and books; articles on individual musicians and music forms; and its famous "Blindfold Test" column, in a which a musician listens to records by other artists, tries to guess who they are, and rates them using the 5-star maximum rating system.
I Can remember as a young and aspiring Composer/Arranger/Pianist at De Paul University being introduced to Downbeat and its exciting world of the jazz musician. Well worth the read each month and one of the only comprehensive sources of news and information for the jazz musician, student,or just fan.
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