Sunday, August 02, 2020

Sunday Session: August 2, 2020

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

* Chris Spedding: living life backwards (Jazz Journal)
* What Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Mean To Jazz (DownBeat)
* Sullivan Fortner: Before & After (Jazz Times)
* Unsolved Mysteries: Conglomerate Records (AnomalyIndex.com)
* Jon Hassell, music's great globetrotter: 'Be more aware of the rest of the world!' (The Guardian)
* New Lives: Experimental, Folk, and Jazz Artists Revitalize the Live Album (Bandcamp.com)

* Book Review: Ornette Coleman –The Life of a Jazz Visionary (ArtFuse.org)
* Jazz Commentary: Ornette Coleman — An Outsider Cracks the Egg (ArtsFuse.org)
* TRIBUTE: Anita Wardell remembers Annie Ross (London Jazz News)
* When jazz royalty came to Paly: Monk's long-lost record (nearly) goes public (PaloAltoOnline.com)
* New Bill Aims To Help Music Venues Suffering Amid COVID-19 Pandemic (NPR)
* 17 pro guitarists who play cheap guitars (Guitar World)
* Remembering Fleetwood Mac Founder Peter Green, The Soulful Voice Of British Blues (NPR)
* Senators Introduce Bill to Fund Independent Venues Struggling During COVID-19 (Rolling Stone)
* Rhiannon Giddens Named Artistic Director of Silkroad (BroadwayWorld.com)
* Danny Scher: Back To School With Thelonious Monk (AllAboutJazz.com)
* Academic Programs Restructure Amid Pandemic (DownBeat)
* Interview with Latin Jazz Musician and Educator John Santos (WorldMusicCentral.org)
* Fishbone’s (mostly) original lineup working on first new album in decades; Fat Mike producing (Brooklyn Vegan)
* Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says working musicians may no longer be able to release music only “once every three to four years” (TheFader.com)
* Interview: Jeff Parker on Chopping and Assembling "Max Brown" (Reverb.com)
* Where Are The Thousands Of Nazi-Looted Musical Instruments? (NPR)
* Spotify thinks the Top 40 is over (and other key takeaways from its Q2 results) (MusicBusinessWorldwide.com)
* The Stars Shine: A Newport Jazz Festival Special (NPR)
* The “Palo Alto” record: How a high schooler, a janitor and Thelonius Monk made local history (TheSixFifty.com)
* Spotify CEO talks Covid-19, artist incomes and podcasting (interview) (MusicAlly.com)

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