Miles Davis: At JazzTimes, Colin Fleming reviews the Miles Davis album, Miles at the Fillmore--Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Miles Davis: According to Cincinnati.com, Don Cheadle will film the Miles Davis biography in Cincinnati.
Miles Davis: Miles Davis Online says that the upcoming Miles Davis movie will be called "Miles Ahead."
Miles Davis: According to Jaff Tamarkin at JazzTimes, a New York City block party will celebrate the unveiling of Miles Davis Way on May 26.
Duke Ellington: Open Culture shares an audio of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra playing a piece, "Such Sweet Thunder," which found its impetus in Shakespeare’s play, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream."
Jaco Pastorius, Weather Report: At JazzTimes, Jeff Tamarkin shares an excerpt from Peter Erskine's memoir, No Beethoven, where the Weather Report drummer discusses Jaco Pastorius. (Purchase the book from Amazon.com.)
Sonny Rollins: At All About Jazz, Victor L. Schermer reviews the Sonny Rollins album, Road Shows, Vol. 3. Tim Niland also reviews the album at Music and More. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Sonny Rollins: Marc Myers interviews Sonny Rollins at The Wall Street Journal, and Rollins discusses the influence that Coleman Hawkins's "Body and Soul" had on him.
Woody Herman: On his birthday, May 16, Woody Herman was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
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