April 2018

Volume 85, Number 4

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The Bad Plus

‘Everybody Took Off Their Mask’

By Phillip Lutz

Members of The Bad Plus discuss the trio’s new lineup, which includes pianist Orrin Evans, and their new album. Evans, bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King reflect on why they wanted to start a new chapter for the band.

Features

Miles Davis & John Coltrane
'Display of Different Minds'
By James Hale

DownBeat interviews the producers who helped assemble the new 4-album box set Miles Davis & John Coltrane–The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6.
Walter Smith III
Expanding the Foundation
By Yoshi Kato

The tenor saxophonist recorded his new album, Twio, with bassist Harish Raghavan and drummer Eric Harland, as well as special guests Christian McBride and Joshua Redman.
Jason Marsalis
Mentor & Musical 'Mentor'
By Jennifer Odell

The vibraphonist and his 21st Century Trad Band have recorded a new album, Melody Reimagined: Book 1.

Blindfold Test

Jason Moran was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test”:

John Beasley MONK'estra: “I Mean You” from MONK'estra, Vol. 2 (Mack Avenue)
Danilo Pérez: “Bright Mississippi” from Panamonk (Impulse)
Carmen McRae: “Get It Straight/Straight, No Chaser” from Carmen Sings Monk (BMG/Bluebird)
Russell Gunn: “Epistrophy” from Ethnomusicology, Vol. 2 (Justin Time)
Wynton Marsalis: “Hackensack” from Marsalis Plays Monk: Standard Time, Vol. 4 (Columbia)