Sunday Session: July 7, 2019

Duke Ellington

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

* Mo’ Fess: Professor Longhair’s band brings the magic back (Offbeat)
* Fight The Power: The Most Provocative Song Ever (BBC)
* The Lighthouse celebrates 70th year as bastion of jazz in Hermosa Beach (The Beach Reporter)
* Remembering American Roots Inspiration Delaney Bramlett (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* Ivan Conti’s Been Combining Jazz, Rock, Samba for Decade (DownBeat)
* Suzanne Ciani Gets Loud at the Library (Pro Sound News)
* Epidemic Sound raises $20M at a $370M valuation for its soundtrack music discovery and licensing platform (TechCrunch.com)
* The story of Duke Ellington’s Anatomy of a Murder score (Little White Lies)
* Rick Lawn: The Evolution of Big Band Sounds in America (AllAboutJazz.com)
* Spotify ends direct music uploads for indie artists (Engadget.com)
* Jazz Community Takes Action for Kenny Burrell (Jazz Times)
* Jimmie Vaughan: Emperor of Tone (Premier Guitar)
* Gibson Guitar Declares Shift In IP Enforcement After Most Recent Public Backlash (TechDirt.com)
* Stevie Wonder has ongoing medical issue but remains in 'great spirits,' friends say (Detroit Free Press)
* Stevie Wonder Announces Plans for Kidney Transplant Surgery: 'I Have a Donor, It’s All Good' (People)
* How music about space became music about drugs (MIT Technology Review)
* Dr. John: A Pianist’s Remembrance (Jazz Times)
* JazzTimes 10: Very Late Duke Ellington Albums (Jazz Times)
* João Gilberto, a pioneer of bossa nova, has died at 88 (CNN)

Sunday Session: April 28, 2019

Professor Longhair

Here's this week's roundup of various music-related items of interest, drawn from StLJN's inboxes, newsfeeds, and assorted other sources:

* Smart speakers: Why your voice is a major battle in music (BBC)
* A Beginner’s Guide to Contemporary Jazz From Japan (Bandcamp.com)
* The ghost of Roy Orbison gets a new partner, Buddy Holly (USA Today)
* Music Plays a Leading Role in New Health Products for Alzheimer's and Dementia (Billboard)
* Spine Tinglers (FutilityCloset.com)
* JALC Gala Traverses the History of Jazz (DownBeat)
* How Angélique Kidjo Brings Out The Africa Of Celia Cruz's Catalog (NPR)
* Roy Ayers Recovering With Family After Being Rushed To Hospital In Portland (OkayPlayer.com)
* Roadburn Festival Conjures Jazz, Psych (DownBeat)
* The Infectious & Sometimes Annoying Appeal of Ice Cream Truck Music (OKWhatever.org)
* Coltrane: The search for a higher state of humanity (The Times Literary Supplement)
* The uncanny valley: does it happen with voices? (Acoustic Engineering)
* The Real Reasons Artists Succeed on Spotify — From a Playlisting Pro (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Five Of Bob Dylan’s Photographers Share Their Best Dylan Stories (Stereogum.com)
* Michael Brecker In Late-1960s Bloomington, Indiana (Indiana Public Media)
* The Art Ensemble of Chicago’s Way Forward (Jazz Times)
* Strange Fruit: The most shocking song of all time? (BBC)
* Jazz For Beginners: 20 Essential Albums For An Introductory Guide (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* How Professor Longhair went from record store janitor to patron saint of New Orleans Jazz Fest (New Orleans Advocate)
* Jazz Drummer Joe Chambers On Blue Note: “The Black Musicians’ Label” (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* At 90, jazz great Benny Golson returns to Minnesota: 'I feel maybe 45 or 50' (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
* The Jewish Trumpeter Who Entertained Nazis to Survive the Holocaust (The New Yorker)
* The Lasting Legacy of the Art Ensemble of Chicago (Bandcamp.com)
* Elaine Mitchener: Vocal Classics Of The Black Avant Garde playlist (The Wire)
* Craig Harris Finds Inspiration in Muhammad Ali’s Athleticism (DownBeat)
* When Jazz Moved to Chicago (NEH.gov)
* The Dignity of his Sound: Wynton Marsalis talks about the Buddy Bolden movie (Offbeat)
* He played with Springsteen and Sinatra; now Randy Brecker returns to Reading for his 15th Berks Jazz Fest (Reading Eagle)
* Duke Ellington’s melodies carried his message of social justice (TheConversation.com)
* Gilles Peterson on UK Scene, Brownswood, Starting a New Festival (DownBeat)
* A Guide to the Discography of Diamanda Galás, Avant-Garde Oracle (Bandcamp.com)

Sunday Session: December 23, 2018

Eric Dolphy

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:

* Chicago blues at 90 (Jazz Beyond Jazz)
* Eric Dolphy: The ‘Prophet’ of Freedom (DownBeat)
* A Great Day in Harlem: behind Art Kane's classic 1958 jazz photograph (The Guardian)
* The Black Gay Man That Brought ‘Soul!’ To Television (Afropunk.com)
* Dr. Donald Shirley’s Brother Calls ‘Green Book’ Portrayal ‘A Symphony Of Lies’ (Essence)
* Perry Robinson 1938-2018 (Jazz Times)
* Zoe Keating Shares Spotify, Streaming Earnings 2018 (Hypebot.com)
* Mapping the Cosmic Discography of the Sun Ra Arkestra (Portland Mercury)
* I Analyzed 122 Hours of Holiday Radio (TowardDataScience.com)
* Big Band Holiday Cheer With The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra (NPR)
* Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret Is Jazz’s Most Dynamic Quintet (The Nation)
* Stax Records stars Sam and Dave to be honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
* 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Bob Dylan’s Never Ending Tour (Vulture.com)
* How stereo was first sold to a skeptical public (TheConversation.com)
* Despite Growing Pains, L.A.’s Jazz Scene Continues to Blossom (DownBeat)
* Art Neville announces retirement from music after 60+ years (Offbeat)
* New Orleans Royalty Gathers To Celebrate Professor Longhair (Offbeat)
* For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain (Smithsonian)
* Jazz Night In America Remembers Some of the Artists We Lost In 2018 (WBGO)
* That music in Clint Eastwood’s ‘The Mule’? It's jazz legend Arturo Sandoval in his film-scoring debut (Los Angeles Times)
* Joe Lovano’s Guide to ECM: Five Essential Albums (Jazziz)
* Jazz legend Wayne Shorter ill, pulls out of San Francisco residency (San Jose Mercury News)
* Why Is AI-Generated Music Still so Bad? (Vice.com)

Sunday Session: May 13, 2018

Professor Longhair

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:

* How Avant-Garde Legend Cecil Taylor Inspired Idris Ackamoor’s Psychedelic Jazz (Bandcamp.com)
* Q&A: Former Times critic Robert Hilburn on writing about Paul Simon and the struggle to protect artistry (Los Angeles Times)
* The art of writing the perfect lullaby (QZ.com)
* 1920s to Now: Comparing Tonal Balance in Popular Music (Izotope.com)
* Healdsburg Fest ‘Spiritually’ Important for California  (DownBeat)
* Benny Golson, Matt Wilson, Maria Schneider Are Among the Winners of the JJA Awards (WBGO)
* 'It is a significant moment in the history of the music industry': Air Studios up for sale (Music Week)
* Jazz Giants Take The Stage At The NEA Jazz Masters Listening Party (NPR)
* Pipa Virtuoso Wu Man Brings Ancient Chinese Music To The Present (NPR)
* Johnny Cash's 'At Folsom Prison' at 50: An Oral History (Rolling Stone)
* Why Spotify Will Never Make Money (Fortune)
* TIDAL accused of deliberately faking Kanye West and Beyoncé streaming numbers (MusicBusinessWorldwide.com)
* Jazz Conversations — Azar Lawrence (WGBH)
* Do the major labels know something about Spotify that Wall Street doesn’t? (MusicBusinessWorldwide.com)
* Outsiders Festival a Showcase for Tacuma (DownBeat)
* Blue Note Documentary Screens at Tribeca Film Fest (DownBeat)
* Digital Jukeboxes Are Eroding the Dive-Bar Experience (The Atlantic)
* The Bad Plus: The Band That Never Stops (NPR)
* Bright Moments with Bassist Ron Carter (Jazz Times)
* Kinetic Improvisation - The guitarist Mary Halvorson’s music is exhilarating, unapologetically smart, and unspoiled by phoniness or pretense (The Nation)
* The Still-Burning Piano Genius of Professor Longhair (The New Yorker)
* Whole lotta debt: can Gibson guitars strike a chord again? (The Guardian)
* In Buffalo, hip-hop and jazz have formed a beautiful union (Buffalo News)
* Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival Builds on the City’s History (DownBeat)
* [Photo Essay] Jazz Fest 2018: Late Night Ventures (Offbeat)
* Marcus Miller Hosts ASCAP Panel at ‘I Create Music’ Expo (DownBeat)
* iHeartMedia Still Owes Artists $16.4 Million. Now, It Wants to Pay Itself $108 Million in Bonuses (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* R+R=NOW to Release Debut Album in June - All-star sextet led by Robert Glasper blends multiple genres on "Collagically Speaking" (Jazz Times)

Sunday Session: April 29, 2018

Charles Neville

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:

* Revisit the Historic Night When Dizzy Gillespie Opened for Ray Charles in 1970 (Paste)
* Council’s measures present two paths for American Jazz Museum (Kansas City Business Journal)
* Terence Blanchard Talks New Album 'Live,' Gun Violence & Working With Spike Lee (Billboard)
* NEA Jazz Masters Concert Honors Titans (DownBeat)
* The unit structures of Cecil Taylor (The Wire)
* Photographer Spends 10 Years Tracking Down The Original Locations Of Vinyl Covers (Demilked.com)
* Entertainment lawyer Jay B. Ross fought for the people who made the music he loved (Chicago Reader)
* The Quest to Teach AI to Write Pop Songs (Gizmodo)
* Entire music album to be stored on DNA (ETHZ.ch)
* Steve Miller talks back (Offbeat)
* 'We're on Life Support': Is Streaming Music the Final Note for Professional Songwriters? (Pacific Standard)
* Portland Label Unearths Lost Sun Ra Concert (OPB.org)
* Jazz Foundation Honors Greats, Calls for Assistance (DownBeat)
* Live Review: 2018 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert (Jazz Times)
* “Now That’s What I Call Music!” will be mankind's greatest relic (QZ.com)
* This amazing ring allows people to play instruments using hand gestures (BT.com)
* The Fifth Era of Recorded Music (CopyrightAndTechnology.com)
* The 7 people you see at Jazz Fest in New Orleans (NOLA.com)
* My Country Needs Me: on Sons Of Kemet’s Your Queen Is A Reptile (TheQuietus.com)
* Why Terence Blanchard’s “Live” Matters (Village Voice)
* Music Modernization Act Passes U.S. House Unanimously (Hypebot.com)
* Neville Brothers saxophonist Charles Neville has died at age 79 (New Orleans Advocate)
* Charles Neville Of The Neville Brothers Dies At 79 (NPR)
* Four radical and radically original pieces of music that blew up the modernist status quo in 1968 (Los Angeles Times)
* Professor Longhair at 100: New Orleans Jazz Fest, new DVD celebrate piano legend's legacy (New Orleans Advocate)
* State and Mainstream: The Jazz Ambassadors and the U.S. State Department (AllAboutJazz.com)

Sunday Session: May 1, 2016

Eddie Palmieri

Some interesting music-related items that have landed in StLJN's inbox over the past week:

* Jazz Fest Day 2: Whatever Happened to Rosie? (Offbeat)
* Before & After with Trevor Dunn - Listening wide, from A to Zappa (Jazz Times)
* New Music From Professor Longhair, Who Taught New Orleans How to Play The Piano (The Daily Beast)
* Artist backlash over YouTube’s royalty payments grows noisier (MusicBusinessWorldwide.com)
* Esperanza Spalding: Character Study (Jazz Times)
* How we made Laurie Anderson's O Superman (The Guardian UK)
* That Time I Opened Tower Records Early So Prince Could Shop (NBC)
* The oral history of Eddie Palmieri’s Harlem River Drive (WaxPoetics.com)
* How Jazz Saved Hip-Hop Again (Playboy)
* Photo Album: Highlights of the 2016 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest–Part 1 (DownBeat)
* 13 Cartoon Portraits of Legendary Blues Artists (Mother Jones)
* Classical music page-turners turn the page into the modern era (Philadelphia Inquirer)
* 'James Brown: Live At The Apollo Vol. 4' Is A Marvelous And Mysterious Time Capsule (NPR)
* Jazz Foundation of America Loft Party - The Cookers, Kahil El'Zabar and more (Jazz Times)
* After The Album: How Playlists Are Re-Defining Listening (MusicIndustryBlog)
* Beyond 'Mrs. Jones': Billy Paul's Music You Might Not Have Heard (NPR)
* Revisiting Loma Records, the L.A. Soul Label That Launched Ike and Tina Turner (LA Weekly)
* The Inside Story on Designing Prince's Paisley Park: Exclusive (Billboard)
* The Unbelievable True Story of the Wrecking Crew’s Max Bennett (Observer.com)
* Phil Kives, K-Tel International founder, dies at 87 (CBC)
* Sonny Rollins: “John Coltrane Was Like A Preacher” (Mojo)
* Photo Highlights of the 2016 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest (DownBeat)
* Anat Cohen Tentet Brings Retro Sound and Ebullient Spirit to Jazz Standard (DownBeat)
* The Blur of Music Discovery (Disquiet.com)
* Gregory Porter review – jazz chameleon finds countless ways to seduce (The Guardian UK)
* FootPrince - The jazz side of Prince (Jazz Times)
* Dweezil Zappa Changes Name of Zappa Plays Zappa Due to Sibling Disputes (Relix.com)
* Jazz Fest Day 4: What a Difference a Week Makes (Offbeat)
* Jazz Record Mart founder opens new store (Chicago Tribune)
* The great disappearing venues disaster (CentreForLondon.org)
* Stuck on repeat: why we love repetition in music (The Guardian UK)
* Radiohead's corporate empire: inside the band's dollars and cents (The Guardian UK)

Sunday Session: January 31, 2016

Thelonious Monk

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

* Incoming Director On Her Vision For The American Jazz Museum In Kansas City (KCUR)
* Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track (BBC)
* Quarter streets are just fine for classically trained Ketchens (WGNO)
* The life and death of early jazz drummer Black Benny Williams (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
* Streaming Is Killing Great Music in Favor of Familiar Formulas (Newsweek)
* Live365 to close because of SoundExchange rate changes (CompleteMusicUpdate.com)
* Opinion: Electronic artists should make their own music (ResidentAdvisor.net)
* “The Best Of Friends Must Part Someday” "The Lonesome Road" and the folk-pop divide. (Washington University Common Reader)
* New and interesting music is harder to find than ever (The Economist)
* David Bowie’s Blackstar - Philip Clark reflects on Bowie's final album and its engagement with free jazz and the avant-garde (Gramophone UK)
* The Case For Original Jazz (Jazz Truth)
* Are Sixty Second Songs The Future Of Pop? (HypeBot.com)
* Vandermark Celebrates Photo Book Release in Chicago (DownBeat)
* Unreleased Live Professor Longhair Album Due in April - Recorded in Chicago in 1976 (Jazz Times)
* Judge LaDoris Cordell: A secret musical life (San Jose Mercury News)
* The Death of Internet Radio (New Jersey Stage)
* Sax legend Lloyd still chasing ‘sound in my head’ (Boston Globe)
* Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah: Don’t Stream; Stretch (Jazz Times)
* Americana: is the 'dirt in your ears' genre a way forward for country? (The Guardian UK)
* Is YouTube killing the UK’s live music scene? (BBC)
* Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche explores percussive byways (Boston Globe)
* Carnival Tales (Offbeat)
* Black Death - How Africa Became Heavy Metal’s New Frontier (FactMag.com)
* Terry Adams on Monk: ‘Like Nothing I Had Ever Heard’ (DownBeat)
* Jazz Record Mart for sale (Chicago Tribune)