DownBeat Magazine # October 2012 Volume 79, Number 10

Cover Jeff Coffin The Art of Openness By Frank Alkyer Coffin is best known as the saxophonist in Dave Matthews Band, but the three-time Grammy winner also leads his own group—the funky, free and fierce Mu’tet. Coffin juggles a career of world tours and killer side projects, all while remaining intensely dedicated to teaching the next generation of improvising musicians. Features John Abercrombie The Moment Looks for You By Dan Ouellette The guitarist has enjoyed a profoundly successful career as a leader almost exclusively on ECM Records, including his new album, Within A Song—an homage to the music of the early ’60s. Dr. Lonnie Smith Soul Doctor By Michael J. West At the start of his eighth decade, the age-defying Hammond B3 master has founded his own record label, Pilgrimage Productions, which he has inaugurated with two new CDs: the live album The Healer and the upcoming studio release In The Beginning. Luciana Souza Distill Everything By Allen Morrison The ambitious, genre-transcending vocalist doesn’t revel in virtuosity for its own sake. She’s more interested in discovering the true essence of a song. Where To Study Jazz 2013 Student Music Guide More Than 175 Schools Listed Players Brian Bromberg Lurrie Bell John Fedchock Dorothy Masuka Blindfold Test Vocalist Bettye LaVette was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test”: Aretha Franklin: “Skylark” from Laughing On The Outside Columbia Donny Hathaway: “The Ghetto” from Live Atlantic Dinah Washington: “I’ll Drown In My Own Tears” from The Swingin’ Miss D Emarcy Sarah Vaughan “In A Sentimental Mood” from After Hours Roulette Jazz Betty Wright: “Clean Up Woman” from I Love The Way You Love Me Alston David Ruffin: “The Rovin’ Kind” from David Ruffin Motown Janelle Monáe: “Tightrope” from The Archandroid Bad Boy/Atlantic Also In This Issue 2013 NEA Jazz Masters; Gent Jazz Festival Caught; Sean Jones Group Caught; Miles Davis Postage Stamp; Dee Alexander; George Garzone Master Class; Matt Shevitz Pro Session; Rudresh Mahanthappa Transcription; YES Academy Iraq; plus Dozens of CD Reviews, Product Reviews and Much More!