Sunday Session: May 5, 2019

Regina Carter

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

* Wynton Marsalis on Bringing the Story of Jazz Originator Buddy Bolden to the Big Screen (Billboard)
* More Than 'Kind Of Blue': In 1959, A Few Albums Changed Jazz Forever (NPR)
* An Open Letter to Bill Frisell (ImmuneToBoredom.com)
* Violinist Regina Carter Searches For Roots, in an Excerpt of Mark Stryker's 'Jazz From Detroit' (WBGO)
* Ralph Alessi Reconvenes Ensemble for ‘Imaginary Friends’ (DownBeat)
* We untangle the many strings of North Philly poet, actor and activist Moor Mother (Philadelphia Weekly)
* Black Utopia: The Funkadelic Art of Pedro Bell (Afropunk.com)
* 13 Young Jazz Musicians Shaping The Future Of Jazz (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* Music Streaming Services Are Gaslighting Us (UseJournal.com)
* Playing Changes: Music And Conversation With Jazz Writer Nate Chinen (WFIU)
* Wynton Marsalis on 12 Essential Jazz Recordings (Rolling Stone)
* Herbie Hancock: 'I felt like I stood on the shoulders of giants and now it's my turn' (The Guardian)
* Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram Carries the Blues Forward (Nashville Scene)
* Interview: Dan Tepfer, the Musician Coding the Future of Concerts (CoolHunting.com)
* Field Notes From the Rock Critic Wars (Rolling Stone)
* In Melbourne and Sydney, International Jazz Day Explores Cultural Exchange (DownBeat)
* Machines Can Create Art, but Can They Jam? (Scientific American)
* How does music affect our emotions? Neuroscience may hold the key (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
* Louis Armstrong: nobody’s fool (Jazz Journal)
* Wayne Shorter, Linda May Han Oh Among 2019 JJA Jazz Awards Winners (Jazz Times)
* Good vibrations: I purified myself in a sound bath (TheOutline.com)
* The Birthplace Of Country Music's First Hit Is Being Threatened By Modern Construction (NPR)
* The Scott Joplin Memorial Concerts at St. Michael’s Cemetery (The Syncopated Times)