MINOR AT HEART
Listening and links: Wayne Shorter, Danceteria, more
Links! Tom Moon on Wayne Shorter, a Vanity Fair oral history of Danceteria, and more.
John Coltrane’s modal jazz and The Grateful Dead
The early 1960s-era work of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane had an important impact on the Grateful Dead.
Behind the hip hop flyers of the 1970s: Art Deco, comics, and more
JSTOR Daily looks at how Art Deco influenced the young graffiti artists and graphic designers of New York and their flyers for pivotal proto-hip hop parties in ‘70s-era Bronx.
A connection to time and space
Rome, Italy-based label owner and lifelong record hound Pierpaolo De Sanctis talks to Dust & Grooves.
Freddie Hubbard and a new era at CTI Records
Writer Robert C. Gilbert zeroes in on CTI Records—in particular, three albums that mark “the beginning of a brief, brash era for the label.”
Liz Pelly and Spotify’s “ghost artists for hire”
Journalist Liz Pelly discussed her new book on Spotify with WYNC’s John Schaefer at the New York Public Library.
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Dominic Umile lives, writes, and drinks in Brooklyn, NY. His criticism and features have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Reader, Hyperallergic, and more. Get in touch.