Five Spot: Happenings In The Jazz World This Week (10/26-31)

• Gilles Peterson compiles an epic new Sun Ra collection To Those Of Earth... And Other Planets
• Drummer Antonio Sánchez won Score of the Year and Discovery of the Year (for Birdman) at the World Soundtrack Awards in Belgium.
• DownBeat Readers Poll announced - Chick Corea, Tony Bennett & Wayne Shorter among top honors
• Pioneering guitarist Lionel Loueke drops new album GAÏA on Blue Note Records
• Jazz-playing robots will explore human–computer relations

All set for two #BirdmanMovie screenings tonight. Antonio Sanchez plays the live drum score! #FilmAndMusic #SFJAZZ #SoldOut 📷: @jfshigeru

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