Sunday Session: December 30, 2018

Wayne Shorter

Here's a 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:

* Robot improves your guitar playing by zapping you with a taser when you screw up (DigitalTrends.com)
* "The Chipmunk Song" Turns 60: Secrets of a Holiday Novelty Smash (Hollywood Reporter)
* Luminous PoKempner pix of Sun Ra’s celestial music (Jazz Beyond Jazz)
* What Streaming Music Services Pay (Updated for 2019) (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Jazz legend Wayne Shorter on personal tragedy, career triumphs (CBS News)
* Artists We Lost in ’18 (DownBeat)
* The Best Music Books of 2018 (Billboard)
* Jazz in Focus: The Photos of Arthur Elgort (Jazz Times)
* A Musique Concrète Landmark Closes Its Doors (Hyperallergic.com)
* Interview: Jorma Kaukonen (Relix)
* Where Have All the Music Magazines Gone? (LongReads.com)
* Renovation unearths Seattle Prohibition-era jazz club art (Crosscut.com)
* Over 2,000 Musicians Perform At London's Annual Jazz Festival (Forbes.com)
* Kamasi Washington to Debut Short Film at Sundance (Jazz Times)
* Gary Giddins: A Conversation About Jazz (Jazz Profiles)
* Music lyrics are getting angrier, sadder over time, study finds (Detroit Free Press)
* Original Woodstock Site to Host 50th Anniversary Concert (Hollywood Reporter)
* Presley’s ‘Comeback Special’ still relevant, 50 years later (Associated Press)
* 2,200 jobs at risk as HMV collapses into administration (Sky News)
* Green Book: A Serious Comedy and Jazz Allegory (AllAboutJazz.com)