Thursday, May 22, 2014

Recent Links :: 22 May 2014

Clifford Brown, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk: According to Jeff Tamarkin at JazzTimes, Blue Note Records has announced four new releases in its “Blue Note Select” collections: multi-CD sets from Clifford Brown, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk.

Miles Davis: At All About Jazz, Ian Patterson reviews the Miles Davis album, Miles At The Fillmore - Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Erroll Garner: At About Last Night, Terry Teachout shares a video of Erroll Garner playing "Earl's Dream."

Sun Ra: At NPR's A Blog Supreme, Patrick Jarenwattananon discusses the career of Sun Ra and lists his five "essential" tracks.

Sun Ra: At NPR's Morning Edition, Joel Rose discusses Sun Ra and shares a video of his tune, "Saturn." (The song is available on the album, Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Greatest Hits, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

Sun Ra: Tim Niland shares links to several Sun Ra articles at Music and More.

Fats Waller: On his birthday, May 21, Fats Waller was the Jazz Musician Of The Day at All About Jazz.

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