Sunday, March 21, 2021

Sunday Session: March 21, 2021

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

* History: Irving Mills' relentless drive to promote the best jazz music (Palm Springs Desert Sun)
* A Take Five Toast to Grammy Winners in Jazz and Blues (WBGO)
* Sally Grossman, Bob Dylan Cover Icon and Wife of Manager Albert, Dead at 81 (Rolling Stone)
* Maria Schneider, Chick Corea Win Big at 2021 Grammy Awards (Jazz Times)
* Unearthly acoustics as saxophone and overtone flute improvise duet in giant cooling tower (ClassicFM.com)
* From Billie Holiday to Jeff Buckley: The 10 saddest albums of all time (FarOutmagazine.co.uk)
* Anita Baker asks fans not to buy or stream her music as she battles for her masters (TheGrio.com)
* Jazz: Where Have All the Giants Gone (Red Hook Star-Revue)
* Don Cherry on creativity and “the mysticism of sound” (TheVinylFactory.com)
* KCRW Presents Lockdown Listening: Karriem Riggins (NPR)
* Big Music Needs to Be Broken Up to Save the Industry (Wired)
* The New Science Of Superfans (Billboard)
* Walter Page: Freedom Bass Dance (Jazz Times)
* Saxophonist Miguel Zenón pays tribute to jazz giant Ornette Coleman (Bay State Banner)
* Tired of collecting normal vinyl records? Alan Cross has some abnormal options for you (GlobalNews.ca)
* Freddie Redd, Pianist and Composer Known For 'The Connection,' Has Died at 92 (WBGO)
* Ringo Starr says Peter Jackson’s new Beatles doc is full of joy (NME.com)
* Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s Blues Awards Nomination Rescinded Over ‘Dukes’ Confederate Imagery; Guitarist Says He Retired It (Variety)
* Why bands are disappearing: 'Young people aren’t excited by them' (The Guardian)
* How 22-Year-Old Christone Ingram Is Making the Delta Blues New Again (Rolling Stone)
* A Brief History of the Harmonica (Smithsonian)
* The era of genius worship must end with James Levine (Boston Globe)
* Mass Hipgnosis (TheBaffler.com)
* Paul Jackson, Headhunters Bassist Who Played With Herbie Hancock, Dies At 73 (NPR)
* Irving Azoff, Musician Orgs Hail California Bill to Cap Recording Contracts at 7 Years (Billboard)

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