I hope he recovers. Recently, a baritone had a heart attack on stage and died:
https://www.classical-music.uk/news/article/distinguished-baritone-dies-mid-performance
Nate Chinen talks with Dave Chisholm who writes graphic novels about jazz musicians:
https://slate.com/podcasts/working/2023/09/dave-chisholm-on-the-challenges-of-writing-a-graphic-novel-about-miles-davis
With regard to the origin of jazz, some people bring in Mexico:
https://www.trinity.edu/krtu/news/how-porfirio-díaz-changed-course-music-and-influenced-origins-jazz
By the way, I would like to hear Ritchie Blackmore's reaction to your statement that "heavy metal...crystallises in reaction to punk in the late 70s."
Yesterday's CBS morning segment on Santana included the "rant" episode in detail. You can watch it below, starting at around 5:30, and then make a judgment:
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/carlos-santana-on-music-and-spirituality/
I would say, when Carlos Santana talks, he loves to use metaphors. Decades ago I saw him on Ted Koppel's Nightline. Koppel would ask Santana a question, and Santana would reply with a range of metaphors - my impression was that those replies were better than the replies I heard some politicians give on Nightline.
Well, some people (not me) thought Dylan was good enough for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In my opinion, Dylan should have followed the example of Jean-Paul Sartre and declined the Nobel Prize.
That sounds like what my friends and I did. I also remember sitting in classes in high school and, while the teachers were explaining something, a friend and I would have a conversation that went something like this:
“I bought the band’s most recent album.”
“That’s not a good album. You should’ve bought the band's previous album.”
“It IS a good album.”
“It is NOT a good album.”
Founded in 1958 by Jimmy Lyons, the Monterey Jazz Festival’s mission is to inspire the discovery and celebration of jazz. Held on the 22-acre Monterey County Fairgrounds every September, the event has showcased nearly every marquee jazz artist active since the late 1950s...
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/monterey-jazz-festival-new-director-18353103.php
For those who have not seen this:
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/07/28/how-pair-unreleased-john-coltrane-tapes-surfaced-nypl?fbclid=IwAR10ZIGGY91YmLAFolF4ZZBmR04gUkFCtfK3DKo-YopdZBIGLloISrcR7tM
I am not an expert at determining the legitimacy of releases, but....if you scroll down the webpage it says:
The album is released as part of a collaborative partnership between GAD Records and Weather Report.
Some details of Jimmy Buffet the "astute, ambitious, aggressive businessman" are here:
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/jimmy-buffett-remembered-margaritaville-empire
I still have the first LP I ever bought - I was 11 years old, I remember how much it cost (I paid cash), I remember walking to a bus stop with my new LP under my arm, and then going home in the bus, a proud owner of a Beatles LP.