Sunday Session: April 19, 2020

Henry Grimes

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

* These are the musicians being listened to more (and less) during the pandemic (QZ.com)
* A Titan of Tumbao: Remembering Latin Jazz Bassist and Bandleader Andy González (WBGO)
* Lockdown learning: How a techno-head got into Beethoven (The Guardian)
* Why Do We Even Listen to New Music? (Pitchfork.com)
* Live Concerts Won’t Return Until “Fall 2021 at the Earliest,” Health Expert Warns (ConsequenceOfSound.net)
* Just Play - Ruminations on the themes of McCoy Tyner’s life on the occasion of his passing (TheNewInquiry.com)
* Coronavirus: Healthcare expert predicts concerts and festivals will not return until autumn 2021 (NME.com)
* Band Practice at Home Alone, Together: How JamKazam Became an Essential App Amid Self-Isolation (Billboard)
* Charles Lloyd Offers A Respite From Life’s Countless Dilemmas (DownBeat)
* Ticketmaster Slammed by US Congresswoman: ‘Worst Customer Service In Any Industry’ (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Hands Off: A 100th Anniversary Guide to Theremin Music (Bandcamp.com)
* Pandemic Complicates Nashville's Already Fragile Studio Business: 'We're Dealing In This Unknown' (Billboard)
* Behind The Scenes: Mixing Monitors On A Late-Night TV Show (ProSoundWeb.com)
* Lightning Strikes Twice: Songs Topping the Billboard Hot 100 Twice (MusicTimes.com)
* For Asian-American Jazz Artists, The Pandemic Uncovers Deep Wounds (DownBeat)
* The Morbid Comforts of Pandemic Playlists (Pitchfork.com)
* Tenor badness: Benny Golson, last legend of bebop (The Spectator)
* Ryo Kawasaki, Jazz Fusion Guitarist and Guitar Synth Inventor, Dies at 73 (Billboard)
* Lee Konitz, Alto Saxophonist Who Exemplified Jazz's Imperative to Make It New, Is Dead at 92 (WBGO)
* Exhibiting Wit And Chops Until The End, Saxophonist Lee Konitz Dies At 92 (DownBeat)
* John Prine: The Last Days and Beautiful Life of an American Original (Rolling Stone)
* A Touring-Dependent Genre Feels the Pain: ‘I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues’ (Billboard)
* Music to his ears: How Jackie Robinson’s love of jazz helped civil rights movement (TheUndefeated.com)
* Van Dyke Parks’ existential awakening: ‘This is a time for reimagining’ (Los Angeles Times)
* Giuseppi Logan, Free-Jazz Multireedist Who Returned Once From Oblivion, Has Died at 84 (WBGO)
* Henry Grimes, Bassist of Avant-Garde Pedigree and a Storied Return, Dies of COVID-19 at 84 (WBGO)
* You Have a TikTok Hit! Now, Quick — Change the Title (Rolling Stone)
* Delfeayo Marsalis Is A Merchant Of Joy (DownBeat)