Sunday, October 11, 2020

Sunday Session: October 11, 2020

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

* Javon Jackson: Finding Uplift in the Guiding Tradition of Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane (AllAboutJazz.com)
* The Etymology of "Jazz": A Cautionary Word About Digital Sources (HNN.us)
* Lost In The Vaults: The Joys Of Collecting Jazz Records (TheLondonEconomic.com)
* Jazz Musician Lettering (ReaganRay.com)
* Azar Lawrence Has Paid His Dues...Two Times (AllAboutJazz.com)
* Hank Mobley's 'Soul Station' At 60: How The Tenor Saxophonist's Mellow Masterpiece Inspires Jazz Musicians In 2020 (Grammy.com)
* 19 things I’d tell people contemplating starting a record label (after running one for 19 years) (TheCreativeIndependent.com)
* Ambrose Akinmusire: Blues for 2020 (Jazz Times)
* Pay-for-Play Was Banned From Radio - But Texts Reveal It May Still Be Thriving (Rolling Stone)
* Cecile McLorin Salvant Earns a Prestigious New Accolade: the 2020 MacArthur "Genius Grant" (WBGO)
* ‘How Does It Feel To Be Free?’ (DownBeat)
* Chaos, cash and Caligulan excess: How Emerson, Lake & Palmer made Brain Salad Surgery (LouderSound.com)
* The Keystone Connections Of Fabian Almazan (DownBeat)
* Cindy Blackman Santana, a drum dynamo in jazz and rock, riffs on music, her all-star new album and famous husband (Columbus Dispatch)
* 'You're left to rot if you speak up': the abuse faced by female roadies (The Guardian)
* Melissa Aldana’s Expansive Playing Leads Trio Through Central Park Gig (DownBeat)
* A Guide to Sun Ra on Film (Pitchfork.com)
* Joe Satriani Talks How Guitar Teacher Treated Him When He Was a Kid: 'He Was Completely Blind & He Wore Only Leotards' (Ultimate Guitar)
* Lakecia Benjamin’s Boundless Sensibility On Display (DownBeat)
* Willie Nelson, Interpreter of the Great American Songbook (Texas Monthly)
* 100 Reasons We Love Yusef Lateef for His 100th Birthday (Discogs.com)
* From Bandstand to Social Justice: How Jazz Remains 'America's Classical Music' (KCET)
* A Multicultural Tribute to Yusef Lateef on His Centennial (VIDEO) (Jazz Times)
* Ella Fitzgerald, Come Harvest Time: Jazz United Fondly Reappraises the First Lady of Song (WBGO)
* Denver’s Ron Miles debuts on Blue Note label with “Rainbow Sign” (Denver Post)
* Sun Ra Arkestra's Knoel Scott On New Album 'Swirling,' Sun Ra's Legacy & Music As A Healing Force (Grammy.com)

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