Recent Links :: 16 December 2013

Cannonball Adderley, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock: At Ottawa Citizen, Peter Hum lists "Ten Gift Ideas for Jazz Bookworms," including:

• Walk Tall: The Music & Life of Julian “Cannonball” Adderley by Cary Ginell. (Purchase the book from Amazon.com.)
• Duke: A Life Of Duke Ellington by Terry Teachout. (Purchase the book from Amazon.com.)
• You’ll Know When You Get There: Herbie Hancock and the Mwandishi Band by Bob Gluck. (Purchase the book from Amazon.com.)

Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller: At The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, Ricky Riccardi recalls the WNEW radio broadcast of a jam that included Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller.

Anthony Braxton, Keith Jarrett: According to JazzTimes, the NEA Jazz Masters concert on January 13 will be broadcast live on the Web and will include 2014 NEA Jazz Masters Anthony Braxton and Keith Jarrett.

Miles Davis: At All About Jazz, Jeff Winke discusses Miles Davis's album, Birth of the Cool. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Wayne Shorter: Anthony Dean-Harris lists his favorite albums of 2013 at NextBop.com. His list includes Wayne Shorter's Without a Net. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

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