Sunday Session: August 9, 2015

Brian Blade

For your Sunday reading, here are some interesting music-related items that have hit StLJN's inbox over the past week:

* Robert Glasper Will Make You Listen to More Jazz (Vice)
* NYC’s famous Music Row is about to be a ghost town (New York Post)
* At 78 and with myriad health issues, surf-rock legend Dick Dale plays through the pain (Pittsburgh City Paper)
* Open the Music Industry’s Black Box (New York Times)
* Buddy Guy: 'I Worry About The Future Of Blues Music' (NPR)
* With His "65-92" Concert, Kamasi Washington Looked Back on the Music of the Watts and Rodney King Riots (LA Weekly)
* Live Review: Kamasi Washington at Seattle’s Neumos (7/30) (Consequence of Sound)
* These mics capture sounds from the edge of human hearing – and beyond (CreateDigitalMusic.com)
* Newport Jazz Festival 2015 Day 1 Highlights: Snarky Puppy, Chris Potter, Ambrose Akinmusire & More (Billboard)
* Newport Jazz Festival 2015 Day 2 Highlights: Jonathan Batiste, Jose James, Jack DeJohnette & More (Billboard)
* Have We Reached Peak Vinyl? (Stereogum)
* DARPA hired a jazz musician to jam with their artificially intelligent software (Tech Insider)
* Newport Jazz lineup left no gaps unbridged (Boston Globe)
* Review: The 2015 Newport Jazz Festival (Jazz Times)
* Hemingway Showcases Amazing Versatility During Stone Residency (DownBeat)
* Jazz iconoclast Steve Coleman on the ancient bedrock of human creativity (Chicago Reader)
* An Interview With the Most in Demand Drummer - Brian Blade (Cash Box Canada)
* Is streaming a threat to music? Not if musicians have anything to do with it (Los Angeles Times)
* The Band, The Capitol Albums 1968-1977 - album review: Pioneering rockers who changed the course of popular music (The Independent UK)
* Strong Bookings Illustrate Why Newport Retains Vaunted Stature (DownBeat)
* Blind Willie Johnson: The Soul of a Man (Arts & Labor)

Sunday Session: January 18, 2015

Robert Glasper

For your Sunday reading enjoyment and edification, here are some noteworthy items from the past week about jazz, creative music, and more:

* New Record Service VNYL Distributes LPs Like Netflix (Rolling Stone)
* New NEA Reports Crunch the Numbers on Culture (New Music Box)
* Winter Jazzfest 2015 In Photos (NPR's A Blog Supreme)
* Study says we prefer singers who look like big babies during good times (AV Club)
* Why Do All Records Sound the Same? (Medium.com)
*  Newport Jazz Festival Announces 2015 Lineup - Cassandra Wilson, Dr. John, Chris Botti, Jamie Cullum among 40+ artists scheduled (Jazz Times)
* The Addition nightclub in San Francisco to close Jan. 14 (San Jose Mercury-News)
* Simon, Coltrane, McFerrin to Honor Michael Brecker at Fundraiser Concert (Down Beat)
* LA Studio Musicians Income Fell 68% (Hypebot.com)
* Robert Glasper: 'I get sick of touring run-of-the-mill jazz clubs' (The Guardian UK)
* Filming Sonic Emotion - Robert Herridge’s TV programs changed the way people viewed jazz (Wall Street Journal)
* Musicians Union Threatens To Expel Composer If He Doesn't Pay Fine For Unapproved Videogame Work (TechDirt.com)
* Rodriguez, Terrasson, MMW with Scofield Explore Melody and Groove at Barcelona Jazz Festival (Down Beat)
* Photo Gallery: Jazz Education Network Conference in San Diego (Jazz Times)
* Jazz At Lincoln Center Domain Change Sparks Outrage (TheJazzline.com)
* The War on Billie Holiday - The Bureau of Narcotics’ strange obsession (In These Times)
* Live From New York: The State of Jazz in 2015 (The Atlantic)