Sunday Session: January 17, 2021

Kenny Garrett

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

* Alan Pasqua, the go-to keyboard wiz for jazz and rock legends, on Bob Dylan, Carlos Santana and Peter Erskine (San Diego Union Tribune)
* From Chuck Berry to Muddy Waters: 15 of Keith Richards’ favourite songs (FarOutMagazine.co.uk)
* The Insular Jazz of Lockdown Rediscovers a Pioneering Sounds of the Past (PopMatters.com)
* Geri Allen and ‘The Printmakers’ (1985) – by Rick Simpson (London Jazz News)
* Punk rocker Adam Ant lived in Pikeville, Tennessee, and left boxes of stuff behind (Chatanooga Times Free Press)
* Dr. Anthony Fauci Says Live Music Could Be Back This Fall (Stereogum.com)
* A Q&A with saxophonist Kenny Garrett (SFJAZZ.org)
* Equal At Last? Women In Jazz, By The Numbers (NPR)
* Charles Lloyd’s Dynamic Pandemic Year (DownBeat)
* ‘Like many African American musicians, Sun Ra fantasised about Africa,’ says writer Joseph Ghosn (TheAfricaReport.com)
* 2020: A Jazz Reckoning (San Francisco Classical Voice)
* Capitol Studios Shutters Its Mastering Division (Variety)
* Marion Brown's musical portrait of Georgia (BitterSoutherner.com)
* Let it rain: Bobby Few 1935–2021 (The Wire)
* Sony takes wraps off secret Unreal Engine project, unveils new subsidiary: Sony Immersive Music Studios (MusicBusinessWorldwide.com)
* LIFE AS A COSMOPOLITAN: GIRLS GONE GO-GO, NYC, 1977-‘82 (PleaseKillMe.com)
* Howard Johnson 1941–2021 (Jazz Times)
* In A Cultural Landscape Beset With Loss, This Community Music Studio Is Expanding (WBUR)
* Two Coltrane Classics Reimagined, 21st Century Electric Style (RockAndRollGlobe.com)
* DON VAN VLIET AND FRANK ZAPPA: TWO PEAS IN A MISSHAPEN POD (PleaseKillMe.com)
* Teodross Avery Recruits Stellar Cast To Salute Monk (DownBeat)
* O brothers: drummers Brian and Brady Blade (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
* Sylvie Courvoisier Is a Serious Player (Jazz Times)
* John Coltrane, Out Of Obscurity (DownBeat)

Sunday Session: July 1, 2018

Don Cherry

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:

* Catherine Russell: Queen of the Armstrong Blues (Jazz Times)
* Legendary Experimental Composer Jon Hassell Is Still Dreaming Up New Worlds (Vice.com)
* What happened to the blues? (Chicago Defender)
* DC Jazz Festival Reaches New Peak with Sanders, Carrington (DownBeat)
* Spotify Can Boost an Artist’s Royalties by $163,000 With One Playlist Add, Study Calculates (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* DownBeat Announces Winners of 2018 Critics Poll (DownBeat)
* Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas step up with Sound Prints at the Village Vanguard (Jazzwise)
* The Saxophone’s Unlikely Journey Out of Meme Hell (Vice.com)
* Thelonious Monk Inside Out: A Fresh Perspective On His Music (AllAboutJazz.com)
* The Story of Don Cherry’s Forgotten Classic “Home Boy (Sister Out)” (Bandcamp.com)
* Swedish Jazz, Excavated (DownBeat)
* How Did A Major Label Manage To Lose A John Coltrane Record? (TheQuietus.com)
* Composing Your Thoughts (Nautilus)
* WOULD SUIT MUSIC SCHOOL: How Total Refreshment Centre became the collaborative heart of London (TheVinylFactory.com)
* R+R=NOW’s Robert Glasper On Being Free AF For Juneteenth, ‘Collagically Speaking’ & More [Interview] (OkayPlayer.com)
* Kamasi Washington, the wisest man on Earth (TheFader.com)
* Jazz great Sheila Jordan's 70-year career was launched by a single song (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
* A Year After Geri Allen’s Death, A Tribute From Howard University (DownBeat)
* John Coltrane's 'Lost Album' Is A Window Into His Pursuit Of The Impossible (NPR)
* The Average Working Musician Makes Less Than an Uber Driver, Study Finds (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Antiquated copyright laws threaten aging musicians: Guest opinion (Portland Oregonian)
* A sound supreme: lost John Coltrane treasures rediscovered (Irish Times)
* When Miles Davis and Charlie Parker were in SF, this was the go-to club (San Francisco Chronicle)
* Deep Dive with Lewis Porter: Considering John Coltrane's 'Lost Album,' From All Directions (WBGO)
* This music is designed for extraterrestrials. Listen carefully (BigThink.com)
* Jon Hassell at 81: Visionary Composer-Trumpeter Reflects on a Half Century of Music on His Own Terms (Billboard)
* Angry George Benson fans BOO legendary star and demand refunds when he loses his voice and can't sing during Royal Albert Hall concert (Daily Mail)
* Raymond Scott, the musical genius you probably don't know, is getting his own L.A. festival (Los Angeles Times)
* 50th anniversary editions of The Band's 'Music From Big Pink' due Aug. 31 (Los Angeles Times)
* Ravi Coltrane On the State of Jazz & Why John Coltrane's Lost Album Couldn't Have Been Found at a Better Time (Billboard)

Sunday Session: March 4, 2018

Muhal Richard Abrams

Here's the 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:

* Why the hottest films are now music documentaries (The Guardian)
* Brenda Navarrete Brings A Spiritual Drumbeat To The Female Vanguard Of Cuba (NPR)
* Guitarist Bill Frisell Shares Memories of Working With Rock Greats: Exclusive Interview (UltimateClassicRock.com)
* Where Did 'Jazz,' the Word, Come From? Follow a Trail of Clues, in Deep Dive with Lewis Porter (WBGO)
* Gibson Boss Blames Guitar Stores for Financial Woes (UltimateClassicRock.com)
* Jason Moran Remembers Muhal Richard Abrams (Jazz Times)
* Dave Douglas on Monk and Dizzy (GreenleafMusic.com)
* Antonio Sánchez Performs ‘Birdman’ Score at UCLA (DownBeat)
* The Van Gelder Studio: Peek inside the room where classic jazz happened (NorthJersey.com)
* David Bowie's Last Secret Weapon (Forbes)
* Legendary Songwriter Carl Sigman’s Son on the Loss of his Father’s Archives (American Songwriter)
* At the Guthman Competition, innovative instruments just might predict the future of music (Atlanta)
* What Muhal Meant: The Liberating Credo of Muhal Richard Abrams (Village Voice)
* Charlie Watts: it wouldn't bother me if Rolling Stones split (The Guardian)
* Live Review: Dave Douglas Presents “Dizzy Atmosphere” at JALC (Jazz Times)
* The CD Business Isn’t Dying—It’s Just Evolving (Fast Company)
* Pianists Recall Geri Allen’s Legacy at PDX Festival (DownBeat)
* Terence Blanchard talks back (Offbeat)
* The first black-owned record label in the U.S. wanted to “uplift” black people through music (Timeline.com)
* A Guide to Anthony Braxton’s Robust Jazz Discography on Bandcamp (Bandcamp.com)
* Spotify Was a Terrible Business. Then the Record Labels Stepped In (Bloomberg.com)
* Reid Miles, The Guy Who Designed Blue Note (Jazz in Europe)
* Mapping the places that made Central Avenue swing (Curbed.com)
* Jazz's New British Invasion (Rolling Stone)
* Dave Burrell Remembers Sunny Murray (Jazz Times)
* On “Black Times,” Afrobeat Artist Seun Kuti Extends His Father’s Legacy (Bandcamp.com)
* Chasing The American Dream with Cuban Pianist Alfredo Rodríguez (WBGO)

Sunday Session: January 28, 2018

Hugh Masekela

Here's the 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:

* Never Alone: Reflections on the 2018 Winter Jazzfest (AllAboutJazz.com)
* World Music Influences on John Coltrane’s Music (KCRW)
* Havana’s acclaimed jazz festival sees big American presence (NBC News)
* Hear Lost Music from the Original Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (Garden and Gun)
* Where Are All the Female Music Producers? (Billboard)
* Fred Hersch And The Art Of Introspection (NPR)
* In Monterrey, Life Moves to the Rhythm of Cumbia (Vice.com)
* Geri Allen’s Spirit Fills Winter Jazzfest During All-Star Tribute (DownBeat)
* Questlove On The Benefits Of Silence, Controversy, And Chemistry (Fast Company)
* James Brown-Inspired Roller-Skating Is Alive and Well in Chicago (MelMagazine.com)
* Hugh Masekela obituary: South African jazz pioneer who fought the evil of apartheid (The Guardian)
* 20 Essential Hugh Masekela Songs (OkayAfrica.com)
* Hugh Masekela (04/04/1939 – 23/01/2018) (Jazzwise)
* 30 Fascinating Early Bands of Future Music Legends (Rolling Stone)
* From Sonic Youth to Sia, the surprising history of Starbucks’ record label (DazedDigital.com)
* What do smart speakers and voice assistants REALLY mean for music? (MusicAlly.com)
* 20 of the Most Innovative Musicians Working Today (Paste)
* After The Vinyl Revival, The Vinyl-Playing Jukebox Is Back (NPR)
* The Highlight Of My Career Is Still Being Out Here”: Dr Lonnie Smith On ‘All In My Mind’ (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* NMPA Claims Victory: CRB Raises Payout Rate from Music Subscription Services (Billboard)

Sunday Session: July 30, 2017

Mal Waldron

Here's the roundup of various music-related items of interest that have appeared in StLJN's inbox over the past week:

* Jimmy Heath: A Little Bird Told Me (Jazz Times)
* Such Sweet Thunder: inside Duke Ellington's literary world (Jazzwise)
* REVIEW: Mary Halvorson Octet at the Village Vanguard in New York (London Jazz News)
* Mary Halvorson Makes Village Vanguard Debut (DownBeat)
* Scott Hanley signs on as jazz station GM (Current.org)
* The night I drove George Melly home from the Cricklewood Tavern (The Guardian)
* Why Vinyl’s Boom Is Over (Wall Street Journal)
* The Ultimate Playlist Of Banned Wedding Songs (FiveThirtyEight.com)
* New Orleans music legend Dr. John reflects on a lifetime of song and adversity (San Diego Union Tribune)
* The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women (NPR)
* Fascinating Algorithm: Dan Tepfer's Player Piano Is His Composing Partner (NPR)
* Q&A with David Lynch’s Music Collaborator Dean Hurley – Part 1: Working On and “Protecting the Experience” of Twin Peaks: The Return (SynchBlog.com)
* Q&A with David Lynch’s Music Collaborator Dean Hurley – Part 2: Being “Open Creatively” and “Knowing When to Walk Away” (SynchBlog.com)
* After Surviving Lightning Strike, Vocalist Evans Prepares for Comeback (DownBeat)
* How SoundCloud's broken business model drove artists away (TheVerge.com)
* A New Job At Wesleyan, A New Album And A New Direction For Drummer Tyshawn Sorey (Hartford Courant)
* Keith Richards says the Rolling Stones will record new, original music 'very shortly' (New York Daily News)
* How Southern-Soul Survivor Don Bryant Finally Got His Second Chance (Rolling Stone)
* Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen Tours With Young ‘Nightflyers’ (Wall Street Journal)
* Free at Last: Mal Waldron’s ecstatic minimalism. (The Nation)
* Hippies, Guns, and LSD: The San Francisco Rock Band That Was Too Wild For the Sixties (CollectorsWeekly.com)
* Changing the face of American orchestras, one player at a time (Cincinnati.com)
* Alan Lomax’s Timeless American Recordings Find a New Audience (Bandcamp.com)
* The Top Ten Most Overrated Drummers Of All Time (TheZReview.com)
* A Fearless and Kind Leader—Remembering Geri Allen (1957-2017) (New Music Box)
* UK Music chief warns of 'perfect storm' facing music industry (MusicWeek.com)
* Roscoe Mitchell Captures the Eternal Now on Remarkable New Album (Village Voice)
* 45 45s That Changed The World (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* What is Jack DeJohnette's Native American Spirit Name? (WBGO)
* Orrin Evans on Joining the Bad Plus (Jazz Times)
* Angels and Demons at Play: Jim Knipfel on Reclaiming Sun Ra’s Legacy (BelieverMag.com)
* The Jazz & Blues Art Box — instant collection, rare data trove (Jazz Beyond Jazz)
* The sound illusion that makes Dunkirk so intense (Vox.com)
* How I Taught My Computer to Write Its Own Music (Nautil.us)
* The reissue racket: how many more ‘classic’ albums will be repackaged? (The Guardian)
* Whatever Happened to Indie Rock? (Popmatters.com)
* Watch the Making of a Hand-Crafted Violin, from Start to Finish, in a Beautifully-Shot Documentary (OpenCulture.com)

Sunday Session: July 2, 2017

Geri Allen

Here's the weekly roundup of various music-related items of interest that have landed in StLJN's inbox over the past week:

* Rescuing the Treasures of a Dead Jazz Legend - Sun Ra, Alton Abraham, and the Taming of the Freak (LitHub.com)
* The Untold and Deeply Stoned Story of the First U.S. Rock Festival (Rolling Stone)
* How Japan’s Landscape Inspired a New Kind of Electronic Music (Bandcamp.com)
* A Ticket to Rock Royalty: Gregg Allman’s Midnight Ride through New Orleans (Offbeat)
* Dee Dee Bridgewater: Her Memphis Roots Are Showing (Jazz Times)
* Jazzfest review: Hudson raised the NAC Theatre's roof with its jazz-rock (Ottawa Citizen)
* Wadada Leo Smith, Mary Halvorson Among Winners in DownBeat Critics Poll (DownBeat)
* How Countries Around the World Fund Music—and Why It Matters (Pitchfork,com)
* Geri Allen, Brilliantly Expressive Pianist, Composer and Educator, Dies at 60 (WBGO)
* Geri Allen, Pianist Who Reconciled Jazz’s Far-Flung Styles, Dies at 60 (New York Times)
* Heartbroken Jazz Aficionados Agree: Geri Allen Brought ‘Spirit to the Music’ (DiverseEducation.com)
* Randy Weston: Music of The Earth (AllAboutJazz.com)
* Classical music's blurred boundaries (Gramophone)
* Still Dreaming: Joshua Redman's Tribute To A Tribute (NPR)
* A Brief History of Music That Doesn't Need to Be Listened To (Vice.com)
* Jazz great Branford Marsalis shares humble life lessons in Vancouver (Metro News)
* Boundaries - An Interview with George Lewis (Atavist.com)
* Sony Music to start manufacturing its own vinyl for the first time in nearly 30 years (MusicBusinessWorldwide.com)
* Will The Next Pop Culture Icon Be Augmented Reality? (HypeBot.com)
* Paul McCartney and Sony Settle Beatles Copyright Suit (UltimateClassicRock.com)
* Can Synthesizers Compose Music? Nearly 50 Years Ago, This One Could (LA Weekly)
* Video: Foley Artists – How Movie Sound Effects Are Made (ASoundEffect.com)
* In Stargoon’s Car (The Paris Review)
* Sustaining Americana - What do you get for the genre that has everything? (No Depression)