Sunday Session: January 24, 2016

Ron Carter

For your Sunday reading, some interesting music-related items that have turned up recently in StLJN's inbox:

* Ten Pianists reflect on the enduring influence of Paul Bley (Notes on Jazz)
* Prototype Festival shows opera houses one path to new work (Washington Post)
* NYC Winter Jazzfest 2016 (AllAboutJazz.com)
* The New Thing: 5 Artists to Watch From Winter Jazzfest 2016 (Billboard)
* What We Loved At Winter Jazzfest 2016 (NPR)
* Revolutionary Recording Techniques Are Bringing Bach Back (Vice.com)
* New Orleans Jazz Fest Lineup Announced (Jazz Times)
* What Will the Sound of Jazz Be in 2016? (The Atlantic)
* Free Improvisation as Experience & Self-Disclosure (Artidolia.com)
* Washington, Porter, Kneebody To Headline Newport Jazz Festival (DownBeat)
* Canadian pianist Paul Bley played pivotal role in birth of free jazz (Toronto Globe and Mail)
* Spooner Oldham: Lord Loves A Session Man (American Songwriter)
* Stanley Jordan: “My Spirit Transcends Gender” - The guitarist speaks out about freedom and authenticity (Jazz Times)
* Chano Pozo: Legacy of the Ultimate Rumbero (SFJAZZ.org)
* Ron Carter earns world record as the most recorded jazz bassist in history (GuinnessWorldRecords.com)
* An Interview With Cécile McLorin Salvant - From Monk Competition winner to Grammy nominee (Jazz Times)
* The Grateful Dead Literary-Industrial Complex Is A Long, Strange Trip All Its Own (Deadspin.com)
* Old music is outselling new music for the first time in history (ChartAttack.com)
* Kamasi Washington’s Giant Step (New York Times)
* Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Orchestra Reneges on Promise to Pay Back Library Foundation (Offbeat)
* Jaco! The Story Behind Robert Trujillo's Intense New Documentary (Bass Player)
* Q&A: John Cale On Memorializing Lou Reed & Re-Making Music For A New Society (Stereogum)
* NYC Winter Jazzfest 2016: Comprehensive Coverage - "Jazz is not dead, but back with a vengeance" (Jazz Times)
* David Bowie: 7 Wild Quotes From the 'Station to Station' Era (Rolling Stone)
* Dan Wilson Talks John Seabrook’s The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory (TheTalkhouse.com)

Sunday Session: January 17, 2016

Mose Allison

For your Sunday reading, some interesting music-related items that have turned up recently in StLJN's inbox:

* Paul Bley • When Will The Blues Leave (Rant and Dawdle)
* Review: Weather Report - The Legendary Live Tapes 1978-1981 (Jazz Times)
* Why is modern music so loud? (BBC)
* David Bowie Dies at Age 69 After Battling Cancer (Billboard)
* The South Stole Americana (Los Angeles Review of Books)
* When Jazz Met Photography Met Design (The Online Photographer)
* 30 key blues musicians in pictures (The Telegraph UK)
* In Memoriam: David Bowie’s Diverse Career & Poetic Departure (DownBeat)
* An insider's look behind the making of David Bowie's secretive 'Blackstar' album (Los Angeles Times)
* Jazz Musicians Behind David Bowie's 'Blackstar' Remember the Late Legend (Billboard)
* David Bowie remembered by Blackstar musicians Donny McCaslin, Jason Lindner, Tim Lefebvre and Mark Guiliana (Ottawa Citizen)
* Q&A with Bill Frisell: Thriving on the Unexpected (DownBeat)
* Musical melodies obey same laws as foraging animals (Phys.org)
* How A Korean Jazz Festival Found A Huge Young Audience (NPR)
* A Meeting of the New Music Minds (Wall Street Journal)
* Millennials Are Making The Music Business Bite-Sized (HypeBot.com)
* How crowdfunded music festivals are offering an alternative to increasingly corporate ones (The Independent UK)
* Creativity, Emotions, and the Brain (Pacific Standard)
* The Kamasi Washington Phenomenon (PopMatters)
* How a 90-Year-Old Missing Person Became a Hit on Spotify (Priceonomics.com)
* Cy Walter’s Cocktail Piano, With a Twist (Wall Street Journal)
* Mose Allison Caps Touring Career with Heartfelt Live Album (DownBeat)

Sunday Session: January 10, 2016

Lionel Loueke

For your Sunday reading, some interesting music-related items that have turned up recently in StlJN's inbox:

* The Internet Is the Grateful Dead (Pacific Standard)
* Composers Learn To Make A Living With 'Invisible' Music (NPR)
* 5 Ways Streaming Music Will Change In 2016 (Fast Company)
* Accordion Store’s Departure Signals End of Manhattan’s Music Row (New York Times)
* Boppin’ On Bee Hive (WFIU)
* Study of jazz pianists finds ‘happy’ and ‘sad’ music evoke different neural patterns (ScienceBlogs.com)
* Bernie Worrell Battling Stage Four Lung Cancer (Relix.com)
* R.I.P., Paul Bley (Ottawa Citizen)
* Jazz Composition in the Digital Age (ASCAP.com)
* Lloyd Recruits Willie Nelson, Norah Jones for Marvels CD (DownBeat)
* A Turntable Was Amazon's Top Selling Holiday Audio Product (Hypebot.com)
* Global Guitar Hero Loueke Shares Musical Journey (DownBeat)
* Adele and Bruce Springsteen Tours Spark Battle Behind Jacked-Up 'Spec Pricing' (Billboard)
* How the Phonograph Changed Music Forever (Smithsonian)
* Some Thoughts on Paul Bley (NelsCline.com)
* Review: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (Jazz Times)
* Esperanza Spalding Is Letting Emily Be Emily (NPR)
* 2nd Class Action Suit Filed Against Spotify Seeks $200M "To vindicate rights" Of Songwriters, Publishers (Hypebot.com)
* Otis Clay Deserves To Be Remembered In The Long Run (Trunkworthy.com)
* Does David Bowie's ★ (Blackstar) Mark a New Music Trend of Jazz Rock for 2016? (MusicTimes.com)