Leonard Feather

V 4 His Mother M Never ^H|||||| Ja H Dreamed He Would Start Out WHIMii Flaying in a Cathouse. When Eubie Blake took his first job playing ragtime piano at Aggie Shelton's Baltimore Brothel, his mother threw a fit. And when Euhie played at Greenfeld's Saloon for gamblers, pimps and hip-swinging...

ON THE BEATDOW\BEAT July 1994Reminiscin At 60. Iby Frank AlkyerI here's a back room in our offices here al Down Beat Central that has no windows; the lighting isn't so great, and to enter it. you have to maneuver through a small maze of shelves and boxes. It doesn't sound like much, but for DB's...

THE FIRST V CHORUSX BY CHARLES SUBER ^ ^ H "ve iiover iiiuierstood vvhul pooplu I ari! tiUking about vvlioii thoy say I 'jazz.'" So says Anthony Uraxton in I this issue as he continuGs liis 20-yocir exploration into the many worlds of music. Like many other creative musicians, Braxton has a...

education in jazz -John Abercrombie John Aburcrombic's quartet is featured on his latest album, "M" (ECM), He is featured guitarist on )an Garbarek's recent album, Et'eniyr (ECM). Anyone aspiring to be a professional player needs, in addition to talent and technique, confidence in himself and...

education in jazz_by Al DiMeolaAÍ DiMeoJa's latest album is Tour De Force "Live" (Columbia).1 went to Berklee when I was 17 (in 1973) and fresh out of high school.Berklee was my first ctioice for a number of reasons:, it had. and. I guess, still has. the biggest and best guitar program in the...

ON THE BEAT downbeat december 199 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed by John Ephland he Prince is dead. I first heard about it in a local bookstore, when the owner recognized me and asked if I knew that Miles Davis just died. He happened to be listening to National Public Radio when the first few...