Sunday Session: December 22, 2019

Gerald Cleaver

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

* Mars Williams brings his Albert Ayler Xmas across Europe and back home to Chicago (Chicago Reader)
* Gershon Kingsley, Moog Synthesizer Pioneer, Dies at 97 (Billboard)
* Wayne Shorter Continues to Forge Ahead (DownBeat)
* 'We loved each other': America’s first racially integrated all-girl swing band (The Guardian)
* A small Wisconsin company stored thousands of people’s CDs, then suddenly vanished (TheVerge.com)
* Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Finally Recognizes Woman Who Practically Invented Rock and Roll (Jezebel.com)
* Dave Brubeck’s Legacy Enters a New Era (DownBeat)
* The Siren Sound of the Clash’s ‘London Calling,’ 40 Years Later (TheRinger.com)
* How Many Spotify Streams Do You Need To Live Above The Poverty Line? (HaulixDaily.com)
* Terence Blanchard, American jazz trumpeter weaving opera history (Prothomalo.com)
* Don Was On The Past, Present, And Future Of Blue Note Records (ClashMusic.com)
* On The Scene: Tony Bennett—The Visual Artist (The Aquarian)
* Why Are There No New Christmas Songs? (NPR)
* George Benson: the album that changed my life (Jazzwise)
* Gerald Cleaver Bridges the Divide Between Structure and Freedom (DownBeat)
* Chamber Music America Grants $180,000 to Female-Led Jazz Ensembles (Jazz Times)
* The South African Songbook: Jazz Musicians Who Stayed During Apartheid (NPR)
* Tony Bennett Brings the Holiday Spirit With His Animated Yule Log (Parade)
* A Major Music Distributor Has Stifled Vinyl Sales for Record Stores and Indie Labels, Sources Say (Pitchfork.com)
* 'It's a Total Nightmare': Problems at Direct Shot Distributing Have Made New Vinyl and CDs Scarce (Billboard)
* No Other Love Is the B-Side of the Chicago Gospel Story (Chicago)
* How headphones are changing the sound of music (QZ.com)
* A Bessie Smith Christmas (Jazz Times)

Sunday Session: November 17, 2019

Artemis

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

* Christopher Hollyday’s Vanishing Act (Jazz Times)
* Artemis, the All-Female Jazz Supergroup, Joins the Roster of Blue Note Records (WBGO)
* Earshot Serves as Platform for Thriving Seattle Scene (DownBeat)
* Why Hundreds of Music Stars Are Giving Fans Their Phone Numbers (Billboard)
* The Internet Archive Is Digitizing & Preserving Over 100,000 Vinyl Records: Hear 750 Full Albums Now (OpenCulture.com)
* Jaimie Branch :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview (AquariumDrunkard.com)
* 'When you're black, being alive is a success': Angel Bat Dawid, 2019's brightest new jazz star (The Guardian)
* Sun Ra: Our 1989 Interview (SPIN)
* A Jazz Musician’s guide to the EFG London Jazz Festival 2019 (Medium.com)
* Ralph Peterson takes all his musical lessons to heart (Philadelphia Tribune)
* Any tips? A body language expert puts the spotlight on orchestra conductors (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
* Sun Ra & the Classical Undertones of Afrofuturism (CastleSkins.org)
* Blue Note Documentary a Jazz Film with a Hip-Hop Heart (DownBeat)
* Check out the first playable record made from recycled ocean plastic (DJMag.com)
* Chops: Jamison Ross on Singing Behind the Kit (Jazz Times)
* Audio Files: Darn That Stream (Jazz Times)
* The Wild Story of How Mary Steenburgen Wrote the Best Original Movie Song of the Year (IndieWire.com)
* Mapping Music's Evolution: 23 Breakthroughs That Changed How We Listen (Billboard)
* How Musicians Are Evolving the Legacy of Resistance (DownBeat)
* Live Review: ECM 50 in New York (Jazz Times)
* Turning Over - Why Page Turners Matter (Atavist.com)
* London Calling at 40: How The Clash shattered punk orthodoxy and created a masterpiece (The Independent)
* Joe Henry's Next Second Chance (NPR)
* Mary Ann Topper, Manager of Noted Jazz Artists, Dies at 79 (Jazz Times)