Sunday Session: May 2, 2021

Osibisa

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

* “Make Something Out Of This”: Drumbo On The Making Of Trout Mask Replica (TheQuietus.com)
* JazzTimes 10: Classic New Orleans Recordings (Jazz Times)
* Bodies and Souls, Sophisticated Ladies, and Plucked Strings (TheSmartSet.com)
* Bob Dylan and Charlie Watts will soon turn 80. More music legends are rocking out long past retirement age (San Diego Union Tribune)
* "The Greatest Improviser I've Ever Known": A Mini Oral History of Diana Ross in 'Lady Sings the Blues (Hollywood Reporter)
* Jimmy Giuffre at 100: A Centennial Tribute in Take Five (WBGO)
* New York City's Influence On Latin Music (NPR)
* Pat Metheny Talks Composition with John Pizzarelli (Jazz Times)
* Meet the Experimental Musicians Who Built Their Own Streaming Service (Pitchfork.com)
* Surrounded By Moving Air: 6 Big-Band Composers Pushing The Format Forward (Grammy.com)
* Robert Wyatt – The Saddest Voice in Modern Music (LivingLifeFearless.co)
* George Benson: My Career in Five Songs (Guitar Player)
* Evocation: Jimmy Giuffre @ 100 (Tidal.com)
* Al Schmitt, legendary recording engineer and producer, reported to have died aged 91 (MusicRadar.com)
* Visit The Oldest Steinway Piano Dealer In The World (Boston.CBSLocal.com)
* Guitar Legends: Television’s Tom Verlaine & Richard Lloyd – the punk guitar heroes who weren’t punk at all (Guitar)
* Where to Begin With Important Records’ Genre-Defying Soundscapes (Bandcamp,com)
* ‘Our ethos was happy music and good vibes’: genre-busting Black British band Osibisa (The Guardian)
* The Women’s Vocal Jazz Supergroup That’s Redefining The Rules (Forbes)