- Louis Armstrong: Ricky Riccardi has added a playlist of 25 "musical high points" from his book, What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years, to Spotify, according to 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.)
- Art Blakey: Art Blakey was the Jazz Musician of the Day on his birthday, October 11, at All About Jazz.
- Miles Davis: Pitchfork.com reviews the album, The Miles Davis Quintet Live in Europe 1967 - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1. (Purchase the CD, The Miles Davis Quintet Live in Europe 1967 - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1, at Barnes & Noble.)
- Herbie Hancock: Karen Brundage-Johnson reviews Herbie Hancock's solo piano concert at the Verizon Hall-Kimmel Center in Philadelphia at Jazz Times.
- Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan: JazzTimes announces the October 25 release of a 5-DVD set, "Masters of American Music," which includes individual DVDs featuring Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Sarah Vaughan.
- Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk was the Jazz Musician of the Day on his birthday, October 10, at All About Jazz.
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