Recent Links :: July 25
- According to Ricky Riccardi, Louis Armstrong's private tapes will be featured on BBC Radio 2 on July 27.
- Riccardi provides cuts to accompany chapter 2 of his new biography of Louis Armstrong. (Buy Ricky's book at Barnes & Noble.)
- Quad-Cities Online announces the launch party for a new biography of Bix Beiderbecke.
- Tim Niland reviews the John Coltrane album, Kulu Se Mama. (Buy the CD at Barnes & Noble.)
- PR Newswire has more on that Miles Davis Quintet, box set: Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Volume 1.
- The PBS show, "History Detectives," has a great episode on what appear to be the printing plates for Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington's signature tune, "Take the A Train."
- The Kansas City Star has an article on Herbie Hancock's appointment to the post of UN cultural ambassador.
- The Washington Post has a similar story, in which Herbie Hancock states that he "wants his music to build bridges between cultures."
- Wolfgang's Vault ha made available concert recording from Newport Jazz for Freddie Hubbard and Lionel Hampton.
- Nick DeRiso reviews Freddie Hubbard's new album, Pinnacle: Live and Unreleased. (Buy the CD at Barnes & Noble.)
- Bebbop Cookbook's Jen-Kuang Chang has a fascinating piece on Charlie Parker's substance abuse.
- Cornelius Myers has a very nice interview with Sonny Rollins at JazzTimes.
- The Handful of Keys blog has an excellent piece on jazz pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith, including several vocal clips and his version of "Finger Buster."
- There's a group that aims to turn Cecil Taylor's home into a "living museum."
Robert
