"DownBeat" - November 2008

COVER
Tony Williams -- As part of our DownBeat U--Drum School we examine how one of the most influential drummers in jazz history developed on record. We look at three of Williams’ pivotal albums: Miles Davis' Filles de Kilimanjaro, and Williams’ Believe It! and Wilderness. Also includes a story on how younger drummers continue to carry the torch that Williams lit.

FEATURES
SPECIAL SECTION: DownBeat U--Drum School

Steve Smith -- Having just released a phenomenal two-DVD, one-CD set Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants, Smith walks us through his unique take on the evolving drum legacy.

Seven Unheralded Drum Legends -- John McDonough reminds readers why Big Sid Catlett, Kenny Clarke, Sonny Greer, Jo Jones, Gene Krupa, Dave Tough and Chick Webb were such innovators who are, unfortunately, slightly neglected in jazz history.

Master Classes -- Bobby Sanabria & Mike Reed

New Orleans, Three Years After Katrina -- We won’t forget the Crescent City as it struggles to regain its identity. Three years after the hurricane, we ask musicians and others in the music industry about where the city is, what’s needed, what’s working and what’s not.

Anat Cohen -- The clarinetist is preparing to release Notes From The Village, her most honest and compelling album to date. Having risen quickly in the DownBeat Critics Poll, Cohen is now primed to make her imprint on the international scene.

PLAYERS
Marcus Gilmore (drums)
Adam Rudolph (drums)
Joanna Pascale (vocals)
Elvin Bishop (guitar)

BLINDFOLD TEST -- The Bad Plus live at North Sea

THE BEAT
• Danilo Pérez and Claus Ogerman collaboration
• Johnny Griffin Obituary
• René Marie Colorado national anthem incident
• Nu Jazz Entertainment new download distribution
• Joe Morris Hartford curates
• The Question, Vinyl Freak
• Backstage With ... Jack DeJohnette
• Caught: Kongsberg Jazz Festival; Orbert Davis Tribute to Nelson Mandela; Temecula Jazz Festival

TOOLSHED
• Gretsch celebrates 125 Years
• Ludwig Centennial Series Maple Drums
• Zildjian K Lights and Hybrid Cymbals

GEAR BOX
• Antonio Sanchez Hudson Music Master Series
• Yamaha cymbal pad upgrades to DTXPRESS IV kit
• Sabian Bronze triangles
• Toca Cajon with Burl Oak Front
• Evans G Plus Coated Drumheads
• Mastering The Tables Of Time Rhythmelodic Book

WOODSHED
Jazz on Campus: Bob Mintzer Heads Up USC Jazz Program
Transcription: Maceo Parker’s saxophone solo on Parliament-Funkadelic’s “Make My Funk the P-Funk”

REVIEWS
Hot Box
George Duke, Dukey Treats (Heads Up)
Kenny Garrett, Sketches Of MD: Live At The Iridium (Mack Avenue)
Pandelis Karayorgis, Nate McBride, Curt Newton, Betwixt (hatOLOGY)
Ted Nash, The Mancini Project (Palmetto)

Reviews
Mike Reed’s People Places & Things, Proliferation (482 Music)
Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly, The Speed Of Change (482 Music)
David Berger Octet, I Had The Craziest Dream (Such Sweet Thunder)
Mark Sherman Quartet, Live At The Bird’s Eye (Miles High)
Joe Baione, Oh Yeah! (Joe Baione)
William Parker, Petit Oiseau (AUM Fidelity)
Clifton Anderson, Decade (Doxy/EmArcy)
Kenny Barron, The Traveler (Sunnyside)
Rebecca Martin, The Growing Season (Sunnyside)
Gunther Schuller, Journey Into Jazz (BMOP/Sound)
Judi Silvano, Cleome: Live Takes (JSL)
Antonio Ciacca Quintet, Rush Life (Motéma)
S.M.V., Thunder (Heads Up)
Sonny Rollins, In Vienne (DVD, EmArcy)
Peter Scharli Trio & Ithamara Koorax, Obrigado Dom Um Romão (TCB)
Rudresh Mahanthappa, Kinsmen (Pi)
Wolfert Brederode, Currents (ECM)
Grace Kelly/Lee Konitz, GracefulLee (Pazz)
B.B. King, One Kind Favor (Geffen)
Wayne Wallace, The Nature Of The Beat (Patois)
Bruno Raberg, Lifelines (Orbis)
Paul Bollenbeck/John Hart: Dueling Guitars 1 (Arkadia)
Michael Moore & Fred Hersch, This We Know (Palmetto)
Joe Magnarelli, Persistence (Reservoir)
Gene Ludwig Trio With the Bill Warfield Big Band, Duff’s Blues (18th & Vine)
Natalie Cole, Still Unforgettable (DMI/Rhino)
Pete Zimmer Quarter, Chillin’ Live @ The Jazz Factory (Tippin’)
Garaj Mahal, Woot (Owl Studios)
Mario Pavone, Trio Arc (Playscape)
Uri Caine, The Othello Syndrome (Winter & Winter)
Five Play, What The World Needs Now (Arbors)

Jazz
Gyldene Trion, Live At Glenn Miller Café (Ayler)
Rod Planet, RPM (ILK)
Actis Furioso 2, World People (Leo)
Sandro Fazio, The Birth (Dodicilune)
Gwilym Simcock, Perception (Basho)
Saft, Thirteen (Kakofone)

Blues
Robert Cray, Live At The BBC (Mercury)
Philip Fankhauser, Love Man Riding (Crosscut)
Watermelon Slim, No Paid Holidays (Northernblues)
Doug MacLeod, The Utrecht Sessions (Black & Tan)
Sugarcane Harris, Got The Blues (MPS)
Keef Hartley Band, Halfbreed (Cherry Red)

Beyond
James Brown: I Got The Feelin’—James Brown In The ’60s (Shout Factory DVD)

Historical - New Monterey Jazz Festival Records Titles:
Tito Puente & His Orchestra
Jimmy Witherspoon Featuring Robben Ford
Shirley Horn
Art Blakey And The Giants Of Jazz
Dave Brubeck
Cal Tjader

Book
John Fass Morton, Ellington At Newport (Rutgers University Press)