Sunday Session: March 24, 2019

Kahil El'Zabar

Here's a roundup of various music-related items of interest that have shown up in one of StLJN's various inboxes or feeds over the past week:

* What Happens if Google Buys the World’s Biggest Music Company? (Rolling Stone)
* Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (Jazz Journal)
* Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes review – pristine doc of tonal clarity (The Guardian)
* Dick Dale, godfather of surf guitar, dies aged 81 (The Guardian)
* Nat King Cole Still Remains 'One Of The Great Gifts Of Nature' 100 Years Later (NPR)
* Myspace lost all the music its users uploaded between 2003 and 2015 (Boing Boing)
* Verve Celebrates Norman Granz’s Vision (DownBeat)
* ‘It Was A Social Revolution’: The Turkish Embassy’s Surprising Role In Desegregating D.C. Jazz (WAMU)
* Lionel Loueke’s Winding Musical Journey (Jazz Times)
* On the Road With Jacob Collier (Mother Jones)
* Avant garde jazz and black rights activism in 1960s Cleveland, Ohio: an interview with Mutawaf A Shaheed (The Wire)
* Andre Williams: farewell to R&B's raunchiest raconteur (The Guardian)
* Bacon fat, corn liquor, and tail feathers: remembering R&B legend Andre Williams (Chicago Reader)
* Dick Dale, the Inventor of Surf Rock, Was a Lebanese-American Kid from Boston (The New Yorker)
* Class Struggle at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Jacobin)
* “Music Is A Portal”: Sophie Huber On Blue Note Documentary ‘Beyond The Notes’ (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* Brian Auger: Bridging the gap (Jazz Journal)
* Here are some of the weirdest musical instrument ideas from NAMM (Create Digital Music)
* E.J. Strickland – A warrior for peace (Jazz in Europe)
* ‘Contours’: How Sam Rivers Hit New Heights Of Creativity (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* Boz Scaggs Premieres 'Little Miss Night and Day' Video, Talks Next Moves (Billboard)
* History Disappeared When Myspace Lost 12 Years of Music, and It Will Happen Again (Pitchfork.com)
* Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies Acquires Chico O'Farrill Music & Archives (Billboard)
* Kahil El’Zabar on the Expansiveness of Music History (DownBeat)
* Bright Moments with William Parker (Jazz Times)
* "It identifies what I believe from here": Sam Moore reflects on his hit "Soul Man" (CBS News)
* What Does A New Orleans Music Industry Actually Mean? Guest Editorial (Offbeat)
* Interview: Factory Manager Forrest White on the Truth Behind "Fender Fiction" (Reverb.com)
* Rosanne Cash Opens Up About Her #MeToo Experiences -- And How The Industry Can Avoid Further 'Collateral Damage' (Billboard)
* Chet Baker’s Singing: A Cultural Shift (AllAboutJazz.com)
* Adonis Rose: To Swing Toussaint (Jazz Times)

Jazz this week: Regina Carter, Brian Auger, Glendale Jazz Festival, BAG II, a tribute to Miles Davis, and more

The Memorial Day holiday marks a sort of unofficial kickoff to the summer season, and while swimming pools and bar-b-q grills will certainly figure into many folks' plans for the weekend, there's also plenty of good music to be heard both indoors and out around the St. Louis area over the next few days.

On Wednesday, violinist Regina Carter (pictured) and her band return to the Gateway City for a four-night run at Jazz at the Bistro. Winner of a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" last year, the Detroit native is regarded as one of the top players on her instrument working in jazz today.

On Thursday, jazz-fusion organist Brian Auger returns to St. Louis for a one-nighter at Finale Music and Dining. Auger's band is a stripped-down affair these days, with just a bass player, his son Karma on drums and daughter Savannah on vocals. But if his St. Louis show that I caught at Generations a couple of years back was typical, he's still playing very well indeed, and will deliver a fan-friendly performance chock full of his best-known tunes.

On Friday night, the annual Glendale Jazz Festival will take place outside the Glendale city hall, 424 N. Sappington. It's a free event, open to everyone, and will feature music from the St. Louis Stompers, the Bosman Twins, Jennifer David and Terry Thompson's Swing Alive. KMOX's Don Wolff also will be there as host and MC.

On Saturday, the Black Arts Guild aka BAG II presents another free program at the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site, this time featuring saxophonist Ariel Kenyatta as well as BAG II's house band "The Group," with Zimbabwe Nkenya (bass and mbira), Glenn "Papa" Wright (drums and percussion) and Jerome "J-Dubz" Williams (saxophones).

Also on Saturday, trumpeter Randy Holmes and his Hard Bop Heritage quintet will take the stage at Finale Music and Dining to perform a tribute to Miles Davis in honor of the late trumpeter's birthday.

As usual, these highlights are but a few of the musical offerings on tap for the week; to see more, please visit the St. Louis Jazz Notes Calendar.

(If you have calendar items, band schedule information, news tips, links, or anything else you think may be of interest to StLJN's readers, please email the information to stljazznotes (at) yahoo (dot) com. No attachments, please.)