Around The Jazz Internet: Jan. 28, 2011

by Patrick Jarenwattananon

Some previously unmentioned blogosphere destinations to bring to your attention. Jazz Online has lots of interviews with artists and other multimedia features. The Library of Congress staffer/radio host/journalist Larry Appelbaum is putting up some of his old features and new videos at his new blog, Let's Cool One. And the Ars Nova Workshop, which presents more experimental jazz in Philadelphia, is keeping a blog with interviews of artists they're presenting (plus, musicians pick their own best of 2010).

The Newport Jazz Festival is now being run by a nonprofit consortium. Here's the press release, and the AP story.

A nice long feature about clarinetist Anat Cohen and Israeli jazz musicians in New York doesn't really seem like new news. (If I can cover it, anyway.) But this is written by Ben Waltzer, who is 1) a great working pianist 2) a guy who used to write nice stories on jazz for the New York Times. So it's done with care. Also, read his piece about trumpeter John McNeil.

Jason Moran picks five jazz albums for bachelors. (They're all living musicians, so you can go on dates to see them, right?)

Never posted this JazzTimes column by Vijay Iyer about the untapped potential of the jazz community today, but it's worth a second look even if you've already seen it.

James Fallows of The Atlantic is all over the implications of the jazz-at-the-White-House story of last week. Parts one, two, three.

Randy Sandke, the trumpeter and jazz historian, responds in full to Howard Mandel's negative assessment (see: here) of his book about jazz and race.

Chicago Sessions is an independent record label based in, well, Chicago which aims to document that city's jazz scene; it's already produced 14 albums since late 2008. Now, the label is showcasing its artists live this weekend. Howard Reich and Neil Tesser are both on it.

A New York Times obituary of discographer Brian Rust. If you've ever done serious jazz research, this guy probably allowed you to do so.

More Gray Lady: Ben Ratliff on the meeting of Chick Corea and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. And Nate Chinen got the "Playlist" column last week.

Martin Johnson on bassist Chris Lightcap for the Wall Street Journal. Mostly known as a sideman, Lightcap's latest record made my and a number of critics' top tens of 2010.

All of drummer Gerald Cleaver's new album.

The Jazz Loft Project's Sam Stephenson on Sonny Clark for the Paris Review, part two. Part one is here.

 

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