Around The Jazz Internet: May 21, 2010

by Patrick Jarenwattananon
Some items worth your attention:
> The celebrated historian Eric Hobsbawm moonlighted as a jazz critic for many years. He wrote about it for the London Review of Books.

> Nextbop has issued an open call for submissions. See here for details.

> Hank Shteamer on Richard Davis: part 1, and two entire radio programs in part 2.

> That New York Times blog post about Hank Jones' final apartment has gathered quite a firestorm in the comment section, and that's all I have to say about that.

> Not every announcement of a new Mosaic Records box set makes my ear perk, but the announcement of private tapes from Sam Rivers' Studio Rivbea certainly does.

> Jon Garelick on Steve Lacy, and by extension on the Steve Lacy repertory band The Ideal Bread.

> This Jason Marsalis video rant faux-controversy will not die. Peter Hum pretty much sets it straight, hopefully for good.

> Japan's Swing Journal is ceasing publication, according to Howard Mandel. Man, if the Japanese mags can't survive ...

> The British do a thing called the Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Sebastian Scotney reports.

> JazzWax this week interviews the great reedman Buddy Collette in five parts.
> The Jazz Session this week interviews Sam Newsome and Peter Erskine.
> The Checkout this week features Jenny Scheinman and Nick Vayenas, plus new Claudia Quintet music.

An additional mention of other items that did make the blog:
> A free Frank Loesser sampler.

> On the San Francisco jazz scene — Bay Area folk, what do you think?

> A new Miles Davis mega-box set. Yes, another one.
> Whitney Balliett, then Gary Giddins on Hank Jones for The New Yorker.

And a recap of other jazz bits at NPR Music:
> Fresh Air's 1985 interview with Artie Shaw, who would have been 100 this weekend.

> Regina Carter visits NPR for a performance and conversation.
> Take Five: graduation stomps.
> JazzSet re-uses a James Carter organ trio concert from Newport 2009.
> Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz is guest-hosted this week by Christian McBride, who talks with the young pianist Christian Sands.
> A Kevin Whitehead review of Anat Cohen's new live record.
> Once again, the late Hank Jones on NPR.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/05/21/127046318/around-the-jazz-internet-may-21-2010