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DB InsideDepartments8 First Take10 Chords & Discords13 The Beat14 The Insider20 Caught22 PlayersAli Jackson Jr.Carolina Chocolate DropsBrandon SeabrookJoey PeroPETER GANNUSHKINEvan Parker26 Miguel ZenónPliability & Thrust | By Jim Macnie3851 Reviews110 Toolshed114 Master Class116 Transcription118 Jazz On CampusFeaturesIt seems like everywhere you go, Miguel Zenón is somehow involved with dance.But the Puerto-Rico born alto saxophonist and recent recipient of a MacArthur“genius” grant doesn’t play dance music per se. His horn is better known for itsagility, flying at breakneck speed and stressing his fluency in the bebop tradition.The dance elements bubble up because Zenón controls the music’s temperamentby gracefully thrusting himself into his rhythm section’s agitation, blending acuteteamwork and killer chops while riding his band’s very intricate grooves.122 Blindfold TestJim Hall34 Ramsey Lewis& Kirk WhalumThe NaturalsBy Frank Alkyer38 Evan ParkerExtraordinaryEncountersBy Ted Panken42 Manfred EicherDownBeat LifetimeAchievement AwardBy Dan Ouellette46 Gerry MulliganBefore & AfterBy Leonard Feather //May 26 & June 9, 196069 SPECIAL SECTION2010InternationalSummerFestival Guide54 Mostly Other People Do The Killing 60 Brian Lynch 64 Buddy DeFranco/Martin Taylor 64 Al Di Meola6 DOWNBEAT May 2010Cover photography by Jimmy Katz. Special thanks to Jazz Gallery in New York City for their generosity in letting DownBeat shoot on location.