Recent Links :: 13 November 2013

John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker: Open Culture shares animated sheet music for Miles Davis's "So What," Charlie Parker's "Confirmation," and John Coltrane's "Giant Steps."

Miles Davis: Miles Davis Online reports that the Miles Davis movie will begin filming in the summer of 2014.

Miles Davis: Miles Davis Online also reports that BiFrost Pictures will finance and produce the Miles Davis movie, "Kill the Trumpet Player."

Miles Davis: In The New York Times, Larry Rohter discusses the business of preserving Miles Davis's legacy. Miles Davis Online reacts to that article.

Duke Ellington: At All About Jazz, C. Michael Bailey reviews the re-mastered Duke Ellington album, The Ellington Suites. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Cecil Taylor: According to JazzTimes, Cecil Taylor has been awarded the Kyoto Prize, Japan’s highest private award for global achievement.

Fats Waller: The New Yorker has a piece about Fats Waller's lost musical, "Early to Bed."

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