Jazz influencers: 6 to check out in Jan

Jazz influencers: a half dozen to check out making a difference right now across jazz blogs, online art of the improvisers, design, club streams, message boards and radio 6/ UKVibe.org: for top writing on a UK jazz blog. 5/ 606 jazz club online: …

Published: 19 Jan 2021. Updated: 3 years.

Jazz influencers: a half dozen to check out making a difference right now across jazz blogs, online art of the improvisers, design, club streams, message boards and radio

6/ UKVibe.org: for top writing on a UK jazz blog.

5/ 606 jazz club online: keeping up jazz performance in the club streaming.

4/ Mopomoso TV: for avant innovation visually and in performance.

3/ Organissimo: forum for record collectors.

2/ Face masks: latest from Aurélie Freoua for the Vortex.

1/ Musica Macondo with Tim Garcia: the mix.

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Lift Every Voice and Sing

Wake up to a deeply stirring rendition of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' the black national anthem in the United States, released on the historically grunge Sub Pop label, featuring remarkable, soulful, tenor saxophone impact at the beginning and in …

Published: 19 Jan 2021. Updated: 3 years.

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Wake up to a deeply stirring rendition of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' the black national anthem in the United States, released on the historically grunge Sub Pop label, featuring remarkable, soulful, tenor saxophone impact at the beginning and in the flow makes complete sense on a communicative level. Wow.

Yesterday was the Martin Luther King holiday in the States. More on the new MLK/FBI documentary out now you can read here. Performed above in the video and audio by the trad-jazz New Orleans institution Preservation Hall Jazz Band pianist-composer-bandleader Gerald Clayton who wrote the documentary's score also, it's worth seeking out, down in the Village Vanguard last year made a live album for the early-21st century and since John Coltrane defined the live album at the New York venue in 1961 the bar is set sky high in that most revered and meaningful of spaces.

The struggle for civil rights and equality Dr King did so much to inspire in America goes on as #BlackLivesMatter continues its work every day of the year in the US and globally in its many forms.

Martin Luther King Jr, top. MLK/FBI is out now