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Down Beat Magazine September 1989 – 55th Anniversary Issue
This commemorative 55th Anniversary issue of Down Beat magazine (September 1989) is in good condition. The exact item shown in the listing photos is the one you will receive. Please review all pictures for condition details.
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Features
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16 The ’30s – Down Beat debuts during an era of national recovery and change. Big bands dominate, with world war and bebop on the horizon. Features: Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Benny Goodman, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Bessie Smith, Eddie Condon, and the Dorsey Brothers.
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26 The ’40s – Jazz begins as America’s pop music but ends the decade with bebop leading modernism. Features: Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Woody Herman, Art Tatum, Dizzy Gillespie, and Ella Fitzgerald.
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38 The ’50s – West Coast cool vs. East Coast heat; festivals, college jazz, and the rise of Third Stream and the avant garde. Rhythm & blues evolves into rock & roll. Features: Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Chet Baker, Gil Evans, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Horace Silver, Ornette Coleman, Art Blakey, Cecil Taylor, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley.
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58 The ’60s – Radical changes bring avant garde, rock, pop, soul, and bossa nova. Features: Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Aretha Franklin, Albert Ayler, Willie Dixon, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Jefferson Airplane, Michael Bloomfield, The Monkees, The Rolling Stones, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix.
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77 The ’70s – Electronics and fusion take center stage, with global influences from Europe, Africa, Russia, and Latin America. Features: Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Keith Jarrett, Muhal Richard Abrams, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Dave Holland, Talking Heads, Jan Garbarek, The Crusaders, Airto & Flora, Anthony Braxton, Larry Coryell, The Brecker Brothers, Oregon, John Abercrombie, David Sanborn, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius.
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88 The ’80s – Technology, MIDI, revivals, and experimentation shape jazz’s reassessment of vitality. Features: Wynton & Branford Marsalis, John Zorn, John Scofield, Laurie Anderson, Tony Williams, Steve Coleman, Marcus Miller, Cassandra Wilson, Bill Frisell, Philip Glass, Henry Threadgill, Geri Allen, Robert Cray, Roy Hargrove.
Departments
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6 On the Beat, by John Ephland
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8 Chords & Discords
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11 News
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14 Riffs
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96 Blindfold Test: Toshiko Akiyoshi, by Leonard Feather
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101 Ad Lib: “The Music of Words” by Jeff Levenson
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102 Auditions: We told you so!!!
Cover Illustration: Juvenal Martinez