Sunday Session: April 28, 2019

Professor Longhair

Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest, drawn from StLJN's inboxes, newsfeeds, and assorted other sources:

* Smart speakers: Why your voice is a major battle in music (BBC)
* A Beginner’s Guide to Contemporary Jazz From Japan (Bandcamp.com)
* The ghost of Roy Orbison gets a new partner, Buddy Holly (USA Today)
* Music Plays a Leading Role in New Health Products for Alzheimer's and Dementia (Billboard)
* Spine Tinglers (FutilityCloset.com)
* JALC Gala Traverses the History of Jazz (DownBeat)
* How Angélique Kidjo Brings Out The Africa Of Celia Cruz's Catalog (NPR)
* Roy Ayers Recovering With Family After Being Rushed To Hospital In Portland (OkayPlayer.com)
* Roadburn Festival Conjures Jazz, Psych (DownBeat)
* The Infectious & Sometimes Annoying Appeal of Ice Cream Truck Music (OKWhatever.org)
* Coltrane: The search for a higher state of humanity (The Times Literary Supplement)
* The uncanny valley: does it happen with voices? (Acoustic Engineering)
* The Real Reasons Artists Succeed on Spotify — From a Playlisting Pro (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Five Of Bob Dylan’s Photographers Share Their Best Dylan Stories (Stereogum.com)
* Michael Brecker In Late-1960s Bloomington, Indiana (Indiana Public Media)
* The Art Ensemble of Chicago’s Way Forward (Jazz Times)
* Strange Fruit: The most shocking song of all time? (BBC)
* Jazz For Beginners: 20 Essential Albums For An Introductory Guide (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* How Professor Longhair went from record store janitor to patron saint of New Orleans Jazz Fest (New Orleans Advocate)
* Jazz Drummer Joe Chambers On Blue Note: “The Black Musicians’ Label” (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* At 90, jazz great Benny Golson returns to Minnesota: 'I feel maybe 45 or 50' (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
* The Jewish Trumpeter Who Entertained Nazis to Survive the Holocaust (The New Yorker)
* The Lasting Legacy of the Art Ensemble of Chicago (Bandcamp.com)
* Elaine Mitchener: Vocal Classics Of The Black Avant Garde playlist (The Wire)
* Craig Harris Finds Inspiration in Muhammad Ali’s Athleticism (DownBeat)
* When Jazz Moved to Chicago (NEH.gov)
* The Dignity of his Sound: Wynton Marsalis talks about the Buddy Bolden movie (Offbeat)
* He played with Springsteen and Sinatra; now Randy Brecker returns to Reading for his 15th Berks Jazz Fest (Reading Eagle)
* Duke Ellington’s melodies carried his message of social justice (TheConversation.com)
* Gilles Peterson on UK Scene, Brownswood, Starting a New Festival (DownBeat)
* A Guide to the Discography of Diamanda Galás, Avant-Garde Oracle (Bandcamp.com)