Recent Links :: 18 November 2013

Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter:The 78th Annual DownBeat Readers Poll honored the following artists, among others:

• Jazz Artist: Wayne Shorter
• Jazz Album: Wayne Shorter Quartet, Without A Net (Blue Note). (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Historical Album: Miles Davis Quintet, Live In Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy). (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Jazz Group: Wayne Shorter Quartet
• Soprano Saxophone: Wayne Shorter
• Tenor Saxophone: Sonny Rollins
• Piano: Keith Jarrett
• Keyboard: Herbie Hancock
• Composer: Wayne Shorter

Miles Davis: Miles Davis Online quotes Don Cheadle as saying, "Miles Davis flick is on. But I hate the word biopic like Miles hated the word jazz. It’s misleading. Not attempting to tell his life story."

Freddie Hubbard: At The Guardian, Joh Fordham reviews the Keith Jarrett album, Concerts: Bregenz/Munchen. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Wayne Shorter: The Economist has a piece about Wayne Shorter and how he's going strong at the age of 80.

Wayne Shorter: At The Guardian, John Fordham reviews Wayne Shorter's performance at the EFG London jazz festival.

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