Sunday, March 29, 2020

Sunday Session: March 29, 2020

Hank Mobley
Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest:

* Remembering two Sun Ra disciples: Danny Ray Thompson and Leroy Butler (XPN.com)
* Musicians Across the World Face Daunting Situations (DownBeat)
* Ray Mantilla, Percussionist Who Blazed a Trail in Both Jazz and Latin Music, Is Dead at 85 (WBGO)
* ‘I’m selling my cello to keep my family afloat’ – coronavirus realities for musicians (ClassicFM.com)
* Overdue Ovation: Hank Roberts Is Back in the Game (Jazz Times)
* Mike Longo, Prominent Jazz Pianist Known For His Tenure with Dizzy Gillespie, Dies at 83 (WBGO)
* Mr. Bungle Re-Recording First Demo: Exclusive Studio Report, Part 1 (RevolverMag.com)
* Lee Is Free: An Interview With Lee Ranaldo And Raül Refree (TheQuietus.com)
* Manu Dibango: African saxophone legend dies of Covid-19 (BBC)
* As Americans Increasingly are Asked To Stay Home, Rudresh Mahanthappa Explores his Kitchen (DownBeat)
* The Archive of Contemporary Music (AllAboutJazz.com)
* Richard Thompson on Songwriting, Capturing Butterflies, Picasso & More (American Songwriter)
* For Sale: The Wooden Stage From The Beatles’ First Concert (Atlas Obscura)
* A History of Jazz Fusion in 30 Essential Albums (TrebleZine.com)
* ‘History needs to be set alight’: Shabaka Hutchings on the radical power of jazz (The Guardian)
* Legendary producer Larry Klein: my 12 career-defining records (MusicRadar.com)
* National Recording Registry Class Produces Ultimate 'Stay at Home' Playlist (LOC.gov)
* Bass legend Carol Kaye: “98% of bass parts cut in Hollywood in the '60s were done with a pick on flatwound strings” (Guitar World)
* The Haunted Jazz of Hank Mobley (The New Yorker)
* Lensing the Newport Mob: 60 Years Later, A Deep Dive Into 'Jazz on a Summer's Day' (WBGO)
* Marshall Allen Looks Back on Five Decades of Sun Ra Arkestra (Miami New Times)
* How Coronavirus Will Reshape The Concert Business (Billboard)
* Alice Coltrane: where to start in her back catalogue (The Guardian)
* Bob Dylan Releases 17-Minute Song About JFK Assassination (Variety)
* Montreux Jazz Festival Releases Free Streams Of Iconic Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone Performances (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* Radio, Don’t Blow Your Chance to Matter Again (Guest Column) (Variety)
* Gregory Porter Moves Past the ‘Gates of Genres’ (DownBeat)
* Ranky Tanky: Celebrating the Spirituality & Rhythms of Gullah Culture (Jazz Times)

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