Recent Links :: 23 November 2013

John Coltrane, Miles Davis: At Music and More, Tim Niland reveals his selections in the 8th annual Francis Davis critics poll, which is hosted by NPR. Niland includes the following in his list of the best reissues of 2013:

• Miles Davis, The Original Mono Recordings. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• John Coltrane, Sun Ship: The Complete Sessions. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Duke Ellington: Maria Popova discusses Duke Ellington's relationship with food, based on excerpts from Terry Teachout's book, Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, at Brain Pickings. (Purchase the book from Amazon.com.)

Woody Herman: At JazzWax, Marc Myers discusses the Kennedy assassination and the Woody Herman album that was being recorded at that time, Woody Herman: 1964. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Charlie Parker: Ian Patterson reviews Yusef Komunyakaa's book, Testimony: A Tribute To Charlie Parker, at All About Jazz. (Purchase the book from Amazon.com.)

Lester Young: Brilliant Corners focuses on Lester Young and says that "anyone interested in playing jazz has to listen to Lester Young, even now, so many years after his death in 1959."

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