Sunday, September 06, 2020

Sunday Session: September 6, 2020

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

* Play what you see: how graphic scores can unleash your inner musical genius (The Guardian)
* At home with Paul McCartney: His most candid interview yet (GQ)
* Trent Reznor talks ‘Watchmen’ score, covering Bowie’s “Life on Mars” & more in new interview (BrooklynVegan.com)
* Chick Corea: Chelsea boy makes good (Bay State Banner)
* The Friendship Of Kahil El’Zabar And David Murray Grows Deeper (DownBeat)
* Stonehenge enhanced sounds like voices or music for people inside the monument (Science News)
* Dolly Jones, the First Recorded Female Jazz Trumpeter (Reverb.com)
* Endless Field Records in the Wild (Jazz Times)
* In Memoriam: Saxophonist Mark Colby (DownBeat)
* Kenny Washington’s Slow Rise to Vocal Stardom (Jazz Times)
* Who will own the virtual concert space? (Music Industry Blog)
* Makaya McCraven: Cross Border Traffic (AllAboutJazz.com)
* Personal Story: My failed music career (New Statesman)
* Live Music Is On Life Support (Offbeat)
* Wynton Marsalis: ‘Continue to fight for the world you envision’ (San Jose Mercury News)
* Meet the Man Who Used Kraftwerk, Fela Kuti, and Other Fascinating Music to Try to Lure Aliens to Earth (Pitchfork.com)
* Maria Schneider Split Between Natural, Digital Worlds (DownBeat)
* “It Takes a While to Perfect Your Soul”: A Conversation With Sonny Rollins (Tidal.com)
* The Jazz Collective Drowning Out Far-Right Rallies with Terrible Music (Vice.com)
* The John Cage work performed over 639 years (DW.com)

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