"DownBeat" - February 2009

COVER STORY
75 Great Guitarists -- For the first feature to celebrate DownBeat’s 75th anniversary, we shine the spotlight on 75 of the all-time great jazz, blues and beyond guitarists who have graced the pages of the magazine. It’s sure to be keepsake issue, which readers will spend hours with combing the selections, agreeing with (and most definitely debating) the choices for the list.
João Gilberto is the Brazilian guitar hero on the list.

FEATURES
David Binney -- The saxophonist has made a slow and steady rise to prominence in the New York scene, and now, with a signature harmonic esthetic, he’s one of the hardest working –and most influential–artists on the hardcore jazz scene.

SPECIAL SECTION: Jazz Club Guide -- We offer details on 100 of the top jazz clubs in the world—proof that great improvised music can be heard on stages every night in locales around the globe.

SPECIAL SECTION: DownBeat U -- Guitar School
Jack Bruce -- The Cream bassist delves into the jazz and blues roots that allowed him to ascend to such a legendary status in the music world.
Wes Montgomery -- DB Archives July 20, 1961
Mark Elf & Ken Hatfield master classes
Stanley Clarke transcription

PLAYERS
Clifton Anderson (trombone)
Pete Zimmer (drums)
Bill Stewart (drums)
Vince Mendoza (composer/arranger)

BLINDFOLD TEST -- Jeff Ballard

THE BEAT
• Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition
• New York Public Library/Grammy Foundation joint venture
• Big Bob Brookmeyer program planned for St. Louis
• Fame Records relaunches
• European Scene; Backstage With .. Don Byron
• Caught: Berlin, Umbrella Fest, Umea

TOOLSHED
• PRS Al Di Meola Prism guitar
• Blue BottleRocket Stage One & Two Microphones
• Peavey Vypyr Modelling Guitar Amp

GEAR BOX
• Sabine ZOID
• New Vox Valvetronix amps
• CruzTools Bass Player tech kit
• Fender Kenny Wayne Shepherd Stratocaster
• Reunion Blues all natural straps
• Pat Martino Quantum Guitar DVD from Alfred

WOODSHED
Jazz on Campus: Victor Goines at Northwestern

REVIEWS
Hot Box
Joshua Redman, Compass (Nonesuch)
Biréli Lagène, Electric Side (Dreyfus)
Nels Cline, Coward (Cryptogramophone)
Mostly Other People Do The Killing, This Is Our Moosic (Hot Cup)

Reviews
Joey DeFrancesco, Joey D! (HighNote)
Lisa Hilton, Sunny Day Theory (Lisa Hilton)
Dave Pietro, The Chakra Suite (Challenge)
Derek Trucks Band, Already Free (RCA Victor)
Andrew Hill/Chico Hamilton, Dreams Come True (Joyous Shout)
Chico Hamilton Trio!, Live @ Artpark (Joyous Shout)
Bobby Previte/Gianluca Petrella/Antonello Salis, Big Guns (Auand)
Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Showtime At The Spotlite (Uptown)
Charlie Parker, Washington, D.C., 1948 (Uptown)
Hilario Duran & Perspectiva, Encuentro En La Habana (Alma)
Igor Butman, Magic Land (Sony Classical)
Roger Kellaway, Live At The Jazz Standard (IPO)
Grant Calvin Weston, Nassira (Amulet)
Alex Cline, Continuation (Cryptogramophone)
Craig Green & David King (Long Song)
Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Volume 1 (Doxy)
Larry Gray, 1, 2, 3 ... (Chicago Sessions)
String Trio Of New York, The River Of Orion: 30 Years Running (Black Saint)
Avishai Cohen, Flood (Anzic)
Wolf Pac, Raw (Warren Wolf Music)
Eliane Elias, Bossa Nova Stories (Blue Note)
Stephane Wrembel Trio, Gypsy Rumble (Amoeba)
Chet Baker & the Bradley Young Trio, Chet In Chicago (enja)
John Beasley, Letter To Herbie (Resonance)
Randy Sandke, Unconventional Wisdom (Arbors)
The Warren Vaché–John Allred Quintet, Jubilation (Arbors)
Bill Carrothers, Home Row (Pirouet)
Andy Scherrer Special Sextet, Wrong Is Right (TCB)
Blue Note 7, Mosaic (Blue Note)
Marshall Gilkes, Lost Words (Alternate Side)

Jazz
Shan Kenner Raw Trio, Brooklyn Sketches (Shan Kenner)
Chico Pinheiro & Anthony Wilson, Nova (Goat Hill)
Hot Club Of San Francisco, Bohemian Maestro (Azica)
Royce Campbell Trio, Roses & Wine (Philology)
Will Bernard, Blue Plate Special (Palmetto)
Gene Bertoncini & Roni Ben-Hur, Smile (Motéma)

Blues
Sleepy John Estes, On 80 Highway (Delmark)
Bo Diddley, Roadrunner (Chess/Universal)
Bex Marshall, Kitchen Table (House of Mercy)
Gravelroad, Shot The Devil (Uncle Larry’s)
Boo Boo Davis, Name Of The Game (Black & Tan)
Various Artists, Family Meeting (Ruf, DVD)
Bill Abel: One Man Band (Blue Skunk)
Matthew Stubbs, Soul Bender (Vizztone)
Root Doctor, Live At The Cadillac Club (Big O)

Beyond
Elephant 9, Dodovoodoo (Rune Grammofon)
Angles, Every Woman Is A Tree (Clean Feed)
Maria Kannegaard, Camel Walk (Jazzland)
Fredrik Nordström, Blue (Moserobie)
Trygve Seim & Frode Haltli, Yeraz (ECM)
Jonas Westergaard, Helgoland (Stunt)

Historical
Anthony Braxton, The Complete Arista Recordings Of Anthony Braxton (Mosaic)

Book
Richard Carlin, Worlds Of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways (HarperCollins)