Sunday Session: January 3, 2021

Chris Potter

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

* So The Star apologized. Now un-write the wrongs to Black KC’s ignored jazz legacy (Kansas City Star)
* ‘Motian in Motion’ (Premiere on 24 January, Doc ‘n Roll Festival/BFI) (London Jazz News)
* Life’s Work: An Interview with Tina Turner (Harvard Business Review)
* Brubeck… on ‘time’ and what Milhaud taught him (interview by Alex Dutilh on France-Musique) (London Jazz News)
* Chris Potter In A ‘Room Of Mirrors’ (DownBeat)
* Seeking justice for Lion Sleeps Tonight composer (BBC)
* 'Brother Robert' Reveals True Story Of Growing Up With Blues Legend Robert Johnson (NPR)
* 'Charlie Brown Christmas' Soundtrack Hits Billboard 200 Top 10 for the First Time (Billboard)
* Jazz Musicians Discover New Possibilities Amid Coronavirus Pandemic (NPR)
* A record 39 holiday songs dominate Billboard Hot 100 chart (Toronto Star)
* Alto Reed, showman saxophonist in Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band, dies at 72 (Royal Oak Daily Tribune)
* John Beasley Reflects on Miles, Herbie, and (of Course) Monk (Jazz Times)
* Frank Kimbrough, Pianist and Composer Who Balanced Mystery with Clarity, Has Died at 64 (WBGO)
* Ken Burns’ Jazz Returns to the Airwaves in 2021 (Jazz Times)
* ‘The Great Gatsby,’ Songs by Ma Rainey and Other Classic Works Will Enter the Public Domain in 2021 (Smithsonian)
* The Blue Whale, Beloved Hub of the Jazz Scene in Los Angeles, Announces Permanent Closure (WBGO)
* In Memoriam 2020: The Musicians We Lost (NPR)
* Eugene Wright, bassist with classic Dave Brubeck Quartet, dies aged 97 (NPR)
* After New Year’s, Times Square will become part of a sound art opera (WHYY)
* James Newton Howard, A Composer Who Can Do It All (NPR)
* Chronology: Memories of Eubie Blake (Jazz Times)

Sunday Session: June 3, 2018

Dorothy Ashby

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:

* Why African and Caribbean sounds are dominating British music right now (DazedDigital.com)
* Three Faces of New South African Jazz (Bandcamp.com)
* We are living in the golden age of the music explainer (QZ.com)
* Avant-Garde Flame Kept Alive at FIMAV (DownBeat)
* The Missing Music of the Left (New York Review of Books)
* Live Review: Dave Burrell Night in Brooklyn (Jazz Times)
* Unbundling The Song: Inside The Next Wave Of Recorded Music's Disruption (Forbes)
* Jazzmeia Horn's vocal jazz shines light on social injustice (Charleston Post and Courier)
* Eddie Palmieri, Age 81 and Going Strong (Miami New Times)
* Walk over, Beethoven (CNU.org)
* Cuba Comes to The Kennedy Center (DownBeat)
* Jazz Today: Young Women Are Sounding the Horns (PopMatters.com)
* The chords of the universe (Aeon.co)
* A Lunchtime Meeting Helped Spawn Nels Cline’s New Album (DownBeat)
* Lyrical Intensity Unabated as The Last Poets Return (DownBeat)
* Watch the full We Out Here documentary capturing London's dynamic jazz community (TheVinylFactory.com)
* The Real-Time Reverence of Ry Cooder (American Songwriter)
* "You go and you play": On Paul Motian's limitless jazz (Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches)
* Photos: Vision Fest 23 in Brooklyn (Jazz Times)
* From ‘25th Hour’ to ‘BlacKkKlansman’: The Man Behind Spike Lee's Music (Vice.com)
* Remembering Dorothy Ashby, the Detroit Pioneer Who Introduced the Harp to Jazz (RedBullMusicAcademy.com)
* The Transcendental Sound of Moroccan Gnawa Music (Bandcamp.com)
* Shabaka Hutchings Wants a Revolution (Jazz Times)
* DIVA Jazz Orchestra Celebrates 25 Years (DownBeat)

Sunday Session: January 4, 2015

Herbie Hancock

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

* Five Awkward Conversations With Paul Motian (VinnieSperazza.org)
* John McNeil, A Trumpeter Robbed Of His Breath, Blows Again (WRVO.org)
* Saucy Newcomers, Graying Punk Rockers - Even With 54 Below and Joe’s Pub, Cabaret’s Future Is Unclear (New York Times)
* Mwandishi & More - A dream team supports the Jazz Foundation of America at the Apollo (Jazz Times)
* Repetitive pop songs 'more likely to be hits' (Telegraph UK)
* Ornette Coleman and New Vocabulary: Old friend; fresh context (Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches)
* East St. Louis Station Broke Out 'Rapper’s Delight' 35 Years Ago (StLouisPublicRadio.org)
* Steinway Bids Farewell To Its Historic Hall (NPR.org)
* Preserving American Roots Music Begins With Keeping The Lights On (NPR.org)
* An All-Year Season of Discontent in Jazz - Jazz’s Year of Complaint, Citing ‘Whiplash’ and The New Yorker (New York Times)
* Ken Burns Curates Jazz-Inspired Tour Through New Orleans (Down Beat)
* Standing Out From Their Crowds - Ensemble work highlights the burgeoning skills of saxophonist Jon Irabagon and guitarist Mary Halvorson (Wall Street Journal)
* D’Angelo Returns with Timeless Music, Topical Commentary (Down Beat)
* Herbie Hancock: A Life Of Possibilities (AllAboutJazz.com)
* Guitarist Jeff Golub Dies at 59 (Jazz Times)
* Uptown Records uncovers essential early work by pianist Lennie Tristano (Chicago Reader)
* U.S. Department of Transportation Issues Final Rule Regarding Air Travel with Musical Instruments (DOT.gov)
* Piano stores closing as fewer children taking up instrument (NBC Philadelphia)