Sunday Session: January 24, 2021

William Parker

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

* Gilbert Castellanos jazzed to return to trumpet after groundbreaking dental breakthroughs saved his career (San Diego Union Tribune)
* The reign of Captain Beefheart and how he changed rock music forever (FarOutMagazine.co.uk)
* Darlene Love on Phil Spector’s Death: ‘I Feel Very, Very Sad’ (Rolling Stone)
* Gary Smulyan Conquers Contrafacts (DownBeat)
* Behind the Curtain of Sound (TheBlueMoment.com)
* The mindblowing day that The Beatles witnessed Jimi Hendrix perform live (FarOutMagazine.co.uk)
* What Will the Biden Administration Do to Protect the Performing Arts? (Jazz Times)
* Gary Numan says he was paid £37 from a million streams (NME.com)
* Best Horace Silver Pieces: Essential Jazz For Curious Ears (UDiscoverMusic.com)
* An Oral History of Wally’s Café (Boston)
* Music stars slam UK’s ‘shameful’ failure on EU touring rules (Associated Press)
* William Parker Accentuates the “Free” in Free Jazz (Bandcamp.com)
* Sammy Nestico 1924–2021 (Jazz Times)
* New Music Ushers In The Inauguration of the Next President and Vice President of the USA (New Music Box)
* Why There’s More Music on AM Now (RadioSurvivor.com)
* Julian “Junior” Mance 1928–2021 (Jazz Times)
* JT Video Premiere: Terrace Martin on Jean-Michel Basquiat (Jazz Times)
* A.I. & The Future Of Music (3 Case Studies & Implications) (ProducerHive.com)
* Taj Mahal Shares His Deep Passion For Music: “I’ve Never Known Life and Breathing Without Music” (American Songwriter)
* The harsh reality about the music business, and a pantomime led by clueless self-regarders (MusicBusinessWorldwide.com)
* How the Recording Academy and Its Industry Allies Scored Big Wins in the Pandemic Relief Bill (Billboard)
* The Jimi Hendrix Experience In Paradise (DownBeat)
* OP vs. BE: Setting Up the Piano Trio (Jazz Times)
* Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Sting Boost Campaign to Save NYC Jazz Institution Birdland (Rolling Stone)

Sunday Session: September 8, 2019

Hamid Drake

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

* Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice (The New Yorker)
* Charles Lloyd: 'Looking for the one note that can say it all' (Japan Times)
* White Supremacy Tried to Kill Jazz. The Music Triumphed (TruthOut.org)
* Vijay Iyer (Musicality, Wigmore Hall residency, 2019/20) (London Jazz News)
* Drummer Rudy Royston’s Always Listening (DownBeat)
* Michael Brecker Competition Continues Legacy of Generous Musician (Jazz Times)
* The Voice That Shattered Glass (NPR)
* Detroit Jazz Festival Offers a Mixed Bag (DownBeat)
* CBS SF Talks To King Crimson Bassist Tony Levin (CBSLocal.com)
* The Many Requirements Of Hold Music, A Genre For No One (NPR)
* Jimmy Johnson, Muscle Shoals Guitarist Who Backed Soul & Rock Giants, Dead at 76 (Rolling Stone)
* A Decade of Music Is Lost on Your iPod. These Are The Deleted Years. Now Let Us Praise Them (Esquire)
* Brian Blade & Life Cycles: Uncorking The Spirit of Bobby Hutcherson (SFJAZZ.org)
* How Ella Fitzgerald Turned Forgotten Lyrics Into One Of Her Best Performances Ever (NPR)
* Vinyl Is Poised to Outsell CDs For the First Time Since 1986 (Rolling Stone)
* Iggy Pop: 'I've finally got the voice I was supposed to have' (BBC)
* ‘We Always Swing’ To Launch 25th Anniversary Season (DownBeat)
* Music legend Taj Mahal talks music, race and the Rolling Stones (San Diego Union Tribune)
* Delving Into Consciousness: Hamid Drake's Favourite Music (TheQuietus.com)
* Abdullah Ibrahim: Grace Under Pressure (Jazz Times)
* “I Was Always Trying To Get Better”: Sonny Rollins On A Life In Jazz (UDiscoverMusic.com)