Sunday, January 10, 2021

Sunday Session: January 10, 2021

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

* Rare find: Foundation has its eye on piano that belonged to 'Blind' Boone (Columbia Missourian)
* Exam board drops only black composer from music A-level syllabus (The Guardian)
* AFM Lambasts Metropolitan Opera for Hiring Non-Met Musicians for Virtual New Year’s Gala (OperaWire.com)
* Music Predictions for 2021: Adele and Rihanna Will Be Back… But Summertime Festivals Probably Won’t (Variety)
* Birdland Jazz Club, A Marquee NYC Venue, Sounds the Alarm to Raise Vital Funding (WBGO)
* What would a music streaming minimum wage look like? (AudioOxide.com)
* Yellowjackets Take Expansive Approach (DownBeat)
* Grammy Awards Postponed (Variety)
* The Real Swinging London: The Legacy of Brit Jazz (Bandcamp.com)
* A midsummer night's sax comedy: the return of the lost Shakespeare jazz musical (The Guardian)
* Celebrated musician finds new 'best friend' to replace smashed piano (The Guardian)
* Gibson Buys Mesa/Boogie (Reverb.com)
* Kid Ory Finally Gets the Encore He Deserves (Smithsonian)
* Posi-Tone Perseveres, Despite Pandemic (DownBeat)
* Everything’s a Drum: Percussion Hits Its Stride (San Francisco Classical Voice)
* 'A legend in her own right': Carolyn Franklin, Aretha's forgotten sister (The Guardian)
* The Institute for Composer Diversity: White Leadership, DEI Initiatives, and Ethical Advocacy (ICareIfYouListen.com)
* An Archival George Coleman Date Details Baltimore History (DownBeat)
* John Beasley Reflects on Miles, Herbie, and (of Course) Monk (Jazz Times)
* Blue Bird Inn in Detroit spared from demolition after historic designation (Detroit Free Press)
* Beloved L.A. jazz club Blue Whale shuts doors for good due to COVID-19 (Los Angeles Times)
* Discovering Flaws In The 1,000 Fan Theory [Video] (HaulixDaily.com)
* Giant steps: Why Soul is the film that finally got jazz right (The Independent)

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