Betty Carter, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan: As part of its "Building a Jazz Library" series, All About Jazz's Matthew Bahl lists the best jazz vocal albums from 1969 to 2001. These include:
- Betty Carter, The Audience With Betty Carter. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Carmen McRae, Any Old Time. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Sarah Vaughan, Crazy and Mixed Up. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Duke Ellington: On his birthday, April 29, Duke Ellington was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
Duke Ellington: At Take the "A" Train, Ehsan Khoshbakht shares photos of Duke Ellington.
Bill Evans: Marc Myers writes about the collaboration between Bill Evans and Tony Bennett at JazzWax. In particular, he looks at the Concord album, The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings. (Purchase the 4-LP box set from Amazon.com.)
Dizzy Gillespie: At JazzWax, Marc Myers discusses the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet's two-week gig at Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London in August 1973, which has been issued on four separate CDs as Dizzy Gillespie Live at Ronnie Scott's Vols. 1 — 4. (Purchase the albums from Amazon.com: Volume 1; Volume 2; Volume 3; and Volume 4.)
Max Roach: New Jazz United shares a clip of the Max Roach Quintet playing Deeds, Not Words in 1958. (The song is available on the album, Deeds, Not Words, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)
Bessie Smith: NPR's Jazz Night in America discusses Bessie Smith's influence on jazz.
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