Recent Links :: August 7
- Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans: BlogCritics reviews two albums just released as part of the Concord Music Group's Original Jazz Classics Remasters series: Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans, Know What I Mean?, and the Bill Evans Trio, Explorations. (Purchase the CD, Know What I Mean?, at Barnes & Noble. Purchase the CD, Explorations, at Barnes & Noble.)
- Mose Allison: A letter to the Washington Post, argues that Mose Allison is worthy of a Kennedy Center honor.
- Louis Armstrong: Gibson.com has a piece entitled, "Louis Armstrong’s Uneasy Upbringing in the Big Easy."
- Ornette Coleman: BlogCritics reviews the album, Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman, which has been reissued by Concord Music Group. (Purchase the CD, Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman, at Barnes & Noble.)
- Chick Corea: BlogCritics reviews the album, The Definitive Chick Corea on Stretch and Concord. (Purchase the CD, The Definitive Chick Corea on Stretch and Concord, at Barnes & Noble.)
- Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus: Jazz on the Tube has a wonderful 30-minute video from Eric Dolphy's last concert with Charles Mingus on April 13, 1964, in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Bill Evans: Mike Conklin continues his in-depth discussion of Bill Evans's influence on jazz by referring to Andy Leverne's explanation of Evans's "left-hand rootless voicings" at This Quiet Fire.
- Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday: The Toronto Sun lists 10 great songs about places, and Billie Holiday's "Autumn in New York" is # 1. "I Love Paris," by Ella Fitzgerald, is # 5.
- Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass: BlogCritics reviews the Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass album, Easy Living, which has been reissued by Concord Music Group. (Purchase the CD, Easy Living, at Barnes & Noble.)
- Thelonious Monk: BlogCritics reviews the Thelonious Monk album, Thelonious Alone in San Francisco, which has been reissued by Concord Music Group. (Purchase the CD, Thelonious Alone in San Francisco, at Barnes & Noble.)
Robert
