Sunday, November 24, 2019

Sunday Session: November 24, 2019

Hazel Scott
Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest:

* Who’s Fighting for Racial Equity in Classical Music? (21cm.org)
* Asleep at the Wheel Plot 50th Anniversary Album, Reunion Shows (Rolling Stone)
* Pat Metheny back with epic new album From This Place - Track Preview (Jazzwise)
* Above the World: Manhattan in June with Lee (AzureMilesRecords.com)
* Flying teapots and electric Camembert: the story of Gong, prog's trippiest band (The Guardian)
* Why You’ve Never Heard of One Of the Jazz Industry’s Royalty — Hazel Scott (Medium.com)
* Roy DeCarava: The Sounds He Saw (Jazz Times)
* In Praise of the Greatest Trombone Part in Broadway History (Slate)
* Guimarães Jazz Fest Doesn’t Play It Safe (DownBeat)
* A Deluxe Reissue of the Band’s Cozy Self-Titled LP (Has Surely Come) (Rolling Stone)
* Bossa Nova for the World - Sergio Mendes interview (SFJazz.com)
* Is there a Blackout at WBGO? (NJ.com)
* Grammy Awards Nominations: The Complete List (Variety)
* Artist in Residence (GuernicaMag.com)
* Dave Douglas Refines His Political Message with ‘ENGAGE’ (DownBeat)
* Learning from greats, teaching others, Kenny Barron is a guardian of jazz (Charleston Post and Courier)
* What happens to the brain when jazz musicians improvise? (Futurity.org)
* Why I Didn’t Give My Music to the Oxford American (Oxford American)
* The Flute In Jazz: Window On World Music (Jazz Journal)
* Leonard Cohen And Harry Nilsson Are Releasing New Albums, Whether They Like It Or Not (NPR)
* A Toast To 'My Way,' America's Anthem Of Self-Determination (NPR)
* The True Story of Erroll Garner, the First Artist to Sue a Major Label and Win (Variety)
* Gregg Rolie Looks Back on His Days With Santana, Journey, and Ringo Starr (Rolling Stone)

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