Sunday, February 23, 2020

Sunday Session: February 23, 2020

Mary Lou Williams
Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest:

* Early Reflections On Life In The Information Age: John Zorn's Naked City Turns 30 (TheQuietus.com)
* Lost in the woods with James Brown’s ghost - The Circus Singer and the Godfather of Soul (CNN)
* Artificial Intelligence doing Wonders in Music Streaming Industry (AnalyticsInsight.net)
* Warner Music Group’s A&R Costs Say a Lot About How Much Labels Need to Spend on Artists in Today’s Music Industry (Rolling Stone)
* Remembering Ivan Kral, Patti Smith Group member and New Brunswick video store owner (Asbury Park Press)
* When Keyboard Worlds Collide: Steve Nieve & Benmont Tench in Conversation (Variety)
* Sergio Mendes Talks New Album & Documentary 'In the Key of Joy' (Billboard)
* In Memoriam: Jimmy Heath (DownBeat)
* Cécile McLorin Salvant - Ogresse (SFJAZZ.org)
* Jerry Lee Lewis Returns to Music: ‘I Thought I Would Never Play Again’ (Rolling Stone)
* Reconsidering the Piano Legacy of Dave Brubeck, in a Deep Dive Centennial Special (WBGO)
* The Day the Music Became Carbon-Neutral (The New Yorker)
* Paal Nilssen-Love is in Perpetual Motion (DownBeat)
* Dave Brubeck Centennial Honored with Hometown Exhibition (Jazz Times)
* Louis Armstrong, the King of Queens (New York Times)
* Looking back at the life of Mary Lou Williams, the Lady Who Swings the Band (KNKX)
* That not-so-old black magic: how African mysticism returned to pop (The Guardian)
* Jon Christensen 1943 – 2020 (Jazz Times)
* Lester Young Instruments and Hat to Be Donated to Smithsonian (Jazz Times)
* In Memoriam: Lyle Mays (DownBeat)
* Watch Kandace Springs’ Live Video Of Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ (UDiscoverMusic.com)

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