Sunday, March 18, 2018

Sunday Session: March 18, 2018

Charles McPherson
Here's the roundup of various music-related items of interest that have shown up in one of StLJN's various inboxes or feeds over the past week:

* Syrian refugees using music therapy to soothe the trauma of war (ABC.net.au)
* Meet the Electric Guitarist Who Gave Benny Goodman a Jolt (OZY.com)
* Inside the Gramercy: The Grit and Glamour of New York's Rock & Roll Hotel (Rolling Stone)
* The long, slow death of print music journalism (GlobalNews.ca)
* Dark and Deep Flows the River: An Interview with Wadada Leo Smith (PopMatters.com)
* The Treasured Preservation Hall Sousaphone Has Been Returned (Offbeat)
* Saudi Arabia's bootleg music shops (BBC)
* Why Labels Are Looking to Africa to Find the Next Global Pop Star (Billboard)
* Kurt Elling Remembers Jon Hendricks (Jazz Times)
* Blue Note Label Boss Don Was Is Not Ready to Give Up on Jazz (Forbes.com)
* The end of live music? (CompleteMusicUpdate.com)
* Kamasi Washington at Sydney Opera House: a defiant cry from a jazz star in his prime (The Guardian)
* Will Corporations Ruin Live Music in the Bay Area? (East Bay Express)
* Expert Introductions: The Quietus' Top 40 Genre Compilation Albums (TheQuietus.com)
* iHeartMedia Files for Bankruptcy (Variety)
* Charles McPherson: The Man and His Muse (AllAboutJazz.com)
* Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis builds an intentional community in jazz (Chicago Reader)
* Q&A with Paal Nilssen-Love: In a Natural Way (DownBeat)
* The Residents pay tribute to Sun Ra (and Barry White) (DangerousMinds.net)
* Here's a Playlist of Songs You Know But You Can’t Name (Lifehacker.com)
* Reconsidering Gene Krupa, A Great Jazz Drummer Hiding in Plain Sight (WBGO)
* Bobby Previte: the Art of Travelling Trustingly (AllAboutJazz.com)
* Quincy Jones: 20 Great Productions (Rolling Stone)
* Which Cities Get the Most (and Least) Concerts? (Priceonomics.com)
* The Man Who Made Violins Out of New York City Buildings (AtlasObscura.com)
* Celebrating the Free Jazz Revolution, in Black and White (Village Voice)

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