Monday, October 13, 2014

DownBeat Magazine

Cover
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Mutual Admiration
By Michael Bourne
Tony Bennett loved how much Lady Gaga loved singing “The Lady Is A Tramp” on his 2011 album Duets II. Now, this unlikely pair has recorded an entire album of standards, Cheek To Cheek.


Features

Bill Frisell
Reclaiming The Elation
By Geoffrey Himes
The jazz guitarist makes a deliberate effort to revisit some of the pop and rock songs he first learned as a beginner in the mid-1960s.

Dr. John 
Funky Salute
By Bill Milkowski
The prime musical ambassador for the indelible spirit and deep funk of New Orleans pays tribute to the iconic Louis Armstrong.
Orrin Evans
The Instigator
By Phillip Lutz
Whatever hat he may be wearing at any given moment, the pianist-bandleader-composer is the indispensable character who lights the fire under everyone around him.
2014–’15 Fall/Winter Jazz Festival Guide
DownBeat spotlights 68 exciting festivals from around the world.

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