Recent Links :: August 5

• Mose Allison: John Fordham reviews Mose Allison's concert at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in London at The Guardian. Jack Massarik reviews the concert in the London Evening Standard.
  
• Louis Armstrong: August 4 was Louis Armstrong's birthday, and Riverwalk Jazz devoted a program to the "founding father of jazz."
  
• Louis Armstrong: In honor of Louis Armstrong's birthday, the Huffington Post listed its favorite live performances, complete with videos.
  
• Louis Armstrong: Shadow and Act notes Louis Armstrong's birthday and discusses the status of two biopics of the great trumpeter.
  
• Bix Beiderbecke: Marc Myers has an excellent piece on Bix Beiderbecke on the anniversary of his death (August 6, 1931) at Jazz Wax.
  
• Bix Beiderbecke: Corey Kilgannon writes about the room in which Bix died in the New York Times's City Room blog.
  
• Dave Brubeck: The Projo Arts Blog announces that the 90-year-old Dave Brubeck will perform at the Newport Jazz Festival.
  
• Ornette Coleman: C. Michael Bailey reviews Ornette Coleman's seminal album, The Shape Of Jazz To Come at All About Jazz. (Purchase the CD, The Shape Of Jazz To Come, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Chick Corea: AARP has an interview with Chick Corea, who is kicking off a 70-city world tour.
  
• Bill Evans: Mike Conklin transcribes the first 16 measures of the Bill Evans tune, "Alice in Wonderland" (from the album, Sunday at the Village Vanguard) and provides an audio of Evans playing it at This Quiet Fire. He then analyzes the first four bars here and here. (Purchase the CD, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Bill Evans: David Bowling reviews the 2011 album, The Definitive Bill Evans On Riverside And Fantasy at Seattle Pi. (Purchase the CD, The Definitive Bill Evans On Riverside And Fantasy, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Herbie Hancock: The Hot House blog has Herbie Hancock's TED presentation.
  
• Herbie Hancock: Eve Jackson interviews Herbie Hancock at her France 24 blog.
  
• Airto Moreira: August 5 was Airto Moreira's birthday, and he was honored as the jazz musician of the day at All About Jazz.
  
• Sun Ra: Daniel Baker has a nice, long article about Sun Ra and his Arkestra at The Quietus.
  
• Sonny Rollins: Fred Kaplan reviews the Sonny Rollins 1957 album, Newk's Time, at Stereophile. (Purchase the CD, Newk's Time, at Barnes & Noble.)
  

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