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Around The Jazz Internet: June 1, 2012

By Patrick Jarenwattananon
Published June 1, 2012 at 7:59 PM EDT
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Other news from this past week:

  • Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band, a cornerstone band for the New York Latin jazz community, are profiled briefly in the New York Daily News.

  • RIP Pete Cosey, guitarist with Miles Davis during his "electric" years, among tons of other work.

  • Incredibly funny stories from the Jim Cullum Jazz Band, a trad-jazz outfit. They're the folks on Riverwalk Jazz. Jim Cullum himself has a blog too.

  • Capitalbop, the D.C. DIY presenter/blog/show calendar/hub/main gig of a NPR Music contributor is profiled at the Washington Post.

  • Interview with Mazz Swift for About.com. She's a versatile violinist based in the New York area with a new string trio record.

  • "On the construction of Wynton Marsalis' Cultural Authority." It's about the rhetoric Wynton uses.

  • Muhal Richard Abrams, pianist and composer, was named a Living Legacy Awardee by the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation. This is not long after receiving an honorary doctorate from Columbia University.

  • Suspicious activity at a jazz club in Turkey.

  • A 1975 assessment of Charlie Parker. The first word is not reprintable.

  • RIP Don Wilson, Philadelphia cop — and jazz musician.

  • Jazz writer says the Internet is changing the way his brain processes live music. TL;DR.

  • On the golf supply store which hosts jazz shows.

  • Apparently, brass are Republicans and woodwinds are Democrats, says one political columnist. (I would think many jazz trumpeters would object to that.)

  • Destination: Out features a Jazz Composers Orchestra record helmed by trombonist Roswell Rudd.

  • The Jazz Session spoke with guitarist Miles Okazaki and vocalist Nicky Schrire.

  • The Checkout sat down with Henry Cole and had organist Jared Gold in the studio.

    • Elsewhere at NPR Music:

  • Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke in the studio.

  • Henry Cole and the Afrobeat Collective: Live in concert.

  • Gilad Hekselman Quartet: Live in concert.

  • JazzSet features Russell Malone.

  • Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz features Barbara Carroll.

  • Masabumi Kikuchi's new album is reviewed on Fresh Air.

  • Melody Gardot's new Brazilian album is reviewed on All Things Considered.

  • BADBADNOTGOOD is featured on Song of the Day.

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