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: December 24, 2017

Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner

Here's the roundup of various music-related items of interest that have shown up in one of StLJN's inboxes over the past week:

* Chicago Jazz Pianist Willie Pickens Is Remembered For Performing And Teaching (NPR)
* Spotify Executives Are Earning Seven-Figure Salaries, Tax Returns Show (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Saxophonist Ralph Carney Dead at 61 (Pitchfork.com)
* Music and technology: Blurred lines (ITProPortal.com)
* After Losing Ground In the Streaming Era, Rock Charts Its Comeback (Billboard)
* Disney, Netflix and the Squeezed Middle: The Real Story Behind Net Neutrality (Music Industry Blog)
* Irvin Mayfield, New Orleans Jazz Pillar, Indicted For Laundering Library Funds (NPR)
* Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee to Head New Jazz Caucus, Presents New Preservation Bill (Billboard)
* Kevin Mahogany, Jazz Singer with a Big Sound and a Soulful Style, Has Died at 59 (WBGO)
* The Power of the People: Kamasi Washington on artistic freedom and intellectual expansion (TheKey.xpn.org)
* Bassist and Singer-Songwriter Thundercat Talks About 'Drunk,' and A Year in the Spotlight (WBGO)
* New instrument composes music based on human body's biorhythms (CBC.ca)
* 50 Out of the Top 50 SoundCloud Artists are Rappers (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Donald Fagen Discusses the Loss of Walter Becker and Steely Dan's Future (Rolling Stone)
* Adam Rogers: Rhythm, Guitar (Jazz Times)
* How British Jazz Won The Underground In 2017 (TrenchTrenchTrench.com)
* Plundering dead artists for Christmas sales is more than creepy (TheConversation.org)
* Mississippi Goddam: Dr. Nina Simone Remembered (FashionUnfiltered.com)
* Sunny Murray 1936–2017: Eye Of The Storm (The Wire)
* A Look Back At 4 Jazz Luminaries Who Died In 2017 (NPR)
* YouTube, Music Labels End Standoff, Move Toward Paid Service (Bloomberg.com)
* Call to rename Williamsburg Bridge after saxophonist Sonny Rollins gains steam (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
* Why hip-hop, once ostracized in clubs, is ruling the festival circuit (Los Angeles Times)
* 'Jazz Night In America' Remembers Artists We Lost In 2017 (NPR)
* Is Secretive Virtual Reality Startup Magic Leap Dreaming Up the Future of Music? (Pitchfork.com)
* How the U.S. Used Jazz as a Cold War Secret Weapon (Time)
* RIP, Roswell Rudd (Ottawa Citizen)
* Roswell Rudd Dies at 82 - Trombonist and composer bridged gap between early jazz and the avant-garde (Jazz Times)
* I’m Dreaming Of A Blue Christmas (London Jazz Collector)
* Analog For The People: Synth Master Tatsuya Takahashi On Engineering Fun (NPR)
* ‘Santa Baby’ composer Phil Springer, 91, still can't figure out why his sexy Christmas song endures (Los Angeles Times)

Sunday Session: December 10, 2017

Sunny Murray

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

* Who can fill the role of Tom Lehrer today? (The Economist)
* Pete Escovedo: Rhythms of Life (Jazz Times)
* Paul McCartney’s Lost Experimental Christmas Album That He Made For The Beatles Has Surfaced Online (Uproxx.com)
* Spotify Attorney Estimates the Service Infringed 300,000 Songs in Settlement Hearing (SPIN)
* Why Sun Ra Matters (Philadephia Jazz Project)
* The Problem with Muzak - Spotify’s bid to remodel an industry (The Baffler)
* The Chief of Entertainers - Trumpet virtuoso Dizzy Gillespie was a jazz prophet, a musical genius, and a scatterbrained whirlwind (TheAmericanScholar.org)
* Electrifying Photos of Cuba's Thriving Music Scene (Vice.com)
* Louis Armstrong’s home in Queens is now a museum (Curbed.com)
* Historic Austin Music Venue Is Being Sold on eBay (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Lloyd Price's Personality: Long Live The Real King! (JazzWeekly.com)
* David Bowie Sang For Devo, and Mark Mothersbaugh Might Have the Tapes (BedfordAndBowery.com)
* How I Got 10,000 Spotify Plays For a Totally Fake Song (DigitalMusicNews.com)
* Last.fm Was the Only Music Social Network That Made Sense (Vice.com)
* Jazz Legend Sonny Rollins on Retiring His Sax, His Legacy, and the Secret to Life (Vulture.com)
* Quincy Jones is about to launch the 'Netflix of jazz' (Mashable.com)
* Next Wave Forever: John Cale at Seventy-Five (The New Yorker)
* New Jimi Hendrix LP Unearths 10 Previously Unheard Recordings (Rolling Stone)
* Inside the Shady World of the Musical Hologram (Vice.com)
* The Legacy of Buddy Rich (Jazz Times)
* This Kenyan drummer is fighting to make more space for women in percussion (TED.com)
* Eric Clapton Talks Addiction, Cream's Brilliance, the Future of the Guitar (Rolling Stone)
* RIP: Sunny Murray, pioneering free jazz drummer (TinyMixTapes.com)
* Drummer Sunny Murray Dies at 81 (Jazz Times)
* Enacting Change in the Performing Arts World Begins with Changing the Conservatory Culture (AmericansForTheArts.org)
* David Sedaris: Songs for My Father - A conversation with the best-selling author and humorist on his lifelong love of jazz (Jazz Times)