Recent Links :: September 11

• Louis Armstrong: Ricky Riccardi provides cuts to listen to in conjunction with chapter 8 of his book, What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years, at his blog, The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong. (Purchase the book, What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• George Benson: Jazz Times has a promo video for George Benson's new album, Guitar Man. (Pre-order the CD, Guitar Man, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius: NPR's A Blog Supreme has a feature on the electric bass in jazz and includes Stanley Clarke of Return to Forever and Jaco Pastorius of Weather Report.
  
• Miles Davis: Nate Chinen reviews the new Miles Davis album, Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1, in The New York Times. (Pre-order the CD, Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Sonny Rollins: The new live Sonny Rollins album, Road Shows, Vol. 2, is reviewed by:
  
  • Dan Bilawsky at All About Jazz
    
  • John Jurgensen at The Wall Street Journal
    
  • Dan McClenaghan at All About Jazz
    
  • Tim Niland at Music and More
    
  • Greg Simmons at All About Jazz
    
  (Pre-order the CD, Road Shows, Vol. 2, at Barnes & Noble.)
• Sonny Rollins: JazzTimes and Jazz.FM91 report that Sonny Rollins will be one of this year's Kennedy Center honorees.
  

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