Recent Links :: 4 February 2014

Louis Armstrong: At his blog, The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, Ricky Riccardi discusses Armstrong's 1939 recording of "What Is This Thing Called Swing." (The song is available on the album, The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions 1935-46 , which can be purchased from Mosaic Records.)

Ornette Coleman: New Jazz United shared a clip of the Ornette Coleman song, "Peace." (The song is available on the album, The Shape of Jazz to Come, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

Miles Davis: At New Books in Jazz, Doc Stull reviews the Keith Waters book, The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-1968. (Purchase the book from Amazon.com.)

Duke Ellington: NPR's Listen Now discusses Duke Ellington's unfinished and relatively unknown opera, "Queenie Pie." (Purchase the album, Queenie Pie, from Amazon.com.)

Charlie Parker: At All About Jazz, David A. Orthmann reviews Stanley Crouch's book, Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker. (Purchase the book from Amazon.com.)

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