Recent Links :: August 10

• Louis Armstrong: SRI Records presents some rare photos of Louis Armstrong and the Dukes of Dixieland from the 1960s.
  
• Louis Armstrong: John Kehe writes about Ricky Riccardi's book, What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong’s Later Years, and its attempt to restore an appreciation of Armstrong's later years in the Alaska Dispatch.
  
• Count Basie: Jazz Backstory has part 2 of its feature on Count Basie, told by some of his sidemen.
  
• George Benson: Jazz Times announces that George Benson will release a new album, Guitar Man, in October.
  
• John Coltrane: Off the Tracks talks about John Coltrane's album, A Love Supreme, as part of its "Vinyl Countdown" series. (Purchase the CD, A Love Supreme, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Duke Ellington: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit features a clip of Duke Ellington at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1956, from the Ken Burns "Jazz" documentary.
  
• Bill Evans: Mike Conklin continues his detailed, measure by measure analysis of Bill Evans's tune "Alice in Wonderland" — from the album, Sunday at the Village Vanguard — at This Quiet Fire. (Purchase the CD, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Freddie Hubbard: Dan Bilawsky reviews the new Freddie Hubbard album, Pinnacle: Live and Unreleased from Keystone Korner, at All About Jazz. (Purchase the CD, Pinnacle: Live and Unreleased from Keystone Korner, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker: Tim Niland reviews the 1950 Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie album, Bird & Diz at Music and More. (Purchase the CD, Bird & Diz, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Sun Ra: Jazz Times announces the September release of a new album, Sun Ra—The Eternal Myth Revealed Vol. 1: 1914-1959.
  
• Sonny Rollins: Phil Freeman reviews the Sonny Rollins double album, On Impulse/There Will Never Be Another You at Burning Ambulance. (Purchase the CD, On Impulse/There Will Never Be Another You, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Bessie Smith: Mike Conklin discusses the blues great Bessie Smith at his blog, From Basin St. to Birdland.
  

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