DownBeat Magazine # September 2012 Volume 79, Number 9

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!