Sunday, June 14, 2020

Sunday Session: June 14, 2020

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

* Jazz centenarians who should be celebrated ... even amid a pandemic (Chicago Tribune)
* Chronology: Wynton Kelly Trio at the Left Bank with Three Star Tenor Saxophonists (Jazz Times)
* Tineke Postma: Living in the Maternal World (Jazz Times)
* Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters Dies at 69 (Billboard)
* In Jazz-Movie Endings, Some Story Elements Just Keep Bouncing Back (WVXU)
* Prestige Records: An Alternative Top 20 Albums (AllAboutJazz.com)
* How Streaming Platforms Are Helping Musicians Navigate The Pandemic (DownBeat.com)
* Woody Herman's Trip To Mars (WFIU)
* John Medeski Demonstrates Startling Adaptability (DownBeat)
* America's Independent Music Venues Could Close Soon Due To Coronavirus (NPR)
* Murder, mystery and a hit record: the unbelievable story of Ike White (The Guardian)
* Bob “Brother Ah” Northern 1934–2020 (Jazz Times)
* NIVA Estimates That 90 Percent Of Its Member Venues Could Close (DownBeat)
* A New Phase For the Phrase "Live at The Village Vanguard," As the Club Joins the Streaming Era (WBGO)
* Shelly Manne, Remembering A Jazz Drumming Giant (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* Measuring the heart (TheBlueMoment.com)
* Festivals Search For Upside To Shutdown (DownBeat)
* John McLaughlin’s ‘Lockdown Blues’ Raises Funds For Jazz Foundation Of America (DownBeat)
* Sonny Rollins on the Pandemic, Protests, and Music (The New Yorker)
* Top 8 Guitar Tech Myths Debunked (Ultimate Guitar)
* Reviving Detroit’s Historic Blue Bird Inn (BeltMag.com)
* BMG pledges to review historical record contracts ‘mindful of the music industry’s shameful treatment of black artists’ (MusicBusinessWorldwide.com)
* If Country Music Wants to Reckon With Its Racism, Look Deeper Than the Bad Names (Vulture.com)
* The Immediate Family Epitomizes the Essence of a Super Group Set-Up (American Songwriter)

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