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The DOJ’s lawyer collected data on 58,000 titles published in a year and discovered that 90 percent of them sold fewer than 2,000 copies and 50 percent sold less than a dozen copies. https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books

The Doris Duke Foundation today announced the recipients of the 2024 Doris Duke Artist Awards, the largest prize in the United States specifically dedicated to individual performing artists. This year’s honorees are Nataki Garrett (theater), Shamel Pitts (dance), Acosia Red Elk (dance), esperanza spalding (jazz), Chay Yew (theater) and Miguel Zenón (jazz), each of whom is being awarded $525,000 in unrestricted funds and an incentive of up to $25,000 to save for retirement. https://www.dorisduke.org/news--insights/articles/doris-duke-foundation-announces-2024-artist-awards-for-excptional-achievement-in-dance-jazz-and-theater/

“Let It Be,” director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s original 1970 film about The Beatles, will launch exclusively on Disney+ May 8, 2024. https://www.thebeatles.com/let-it-be-last?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1rDZwLvyG1kJbz3aMrMaWM5Rw6ms6vr6mODLYtDE5LKQwQfhViA2aBgDk_aem_AVWxCyq1YXBTqcKB3GUA-UBBUfbHfP1mwsE6VJqitTBgK2ILTVQXz7IRb119uZbUZJMSbNkFfZ9EgWnxBtWW2dox

Let us know your impressions of the song performed by Lena Horne.

The team recruited 32 jazz guitarists from the Philadelphia area. Their level of experience ranged from novice to veteran, as quantified by the number of public performances they had given. The researchers placed electrode caps on their heads to record their EEG brain waves while they improvised to chord sequences and rhythms that were provided to them… https://theconversation.com/brain-scans-of-philly-jazz-musicians-reveal-secrets-to-reaching-creative-flow-225747

If I remember correctly, Abbey Lincoln was not her first stage name.

In my opinion, one event that had a significant impact on music during the last decades of the 20th century was: the invention in 1964 of the Moog synthesizer and the subsequent development of other synthesizers. Some bands embraced synthesizers, some bands used synthesizers only sometimes, some bands ignored synthesizers intentionally, etc.

Another oldie: Alfredito Linares performing "Machu Picchu"

The brilliant and restless civilization that rampaged through the second half of the twentieth century, the culture whose genius spanned the wrestling guitars of “I Saw Her Standing There”...has come to a standstill. You can read an essay on the "Stagnation Generation (anyone under 30, let's say)" here: https://newrepublic.com/article/179432/age-cultural-stagnation

Estrella Acosta is an acclaimed Cuban vocalist known for her captivating performances and deep connection to her Cuban roots. Together with her band Esquina 25, a group of international musicians based in The Netherlands, they combine Afro-Cuban music and Latin jazz with modern arrangements and improvisations. If you can be in central Texas on Saturday, 23 March 2024: https://music.utexas.edu/events/4259-estrella-acosta-esquina-25

In 1939, she traveled to Paris for a solo show at the Renou et Colle Gallery, only to find she had nothing in common with the “Surrealist cacas.” https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frida-kahlo-documentary-carla-gutierrez-2450935

A great protest song:

Yes, some errors in discographies are due to typographical errors.

"Perhaps the real difference is that a song lyric has neither the narrative responsibilities of drama or prose, nor poetry’s duty to precision. Lines that seem crass, pretentious or entirely incomprehensible written down can thrill a stadium." https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/02/from-dylan-to-ishiguro-can-song-lyrics-ever-be-literature

I would distinguish between buying the book and reading the book. I will not buy it - but if I find it in a library, sure, I'll at least start reading it and see how it goes.