Monday, December 5, 2011

Recent Links :: December 5

  • Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Thelonious Monk, Weather Report: Kevin Kniestedt announces the Jazz 100, a crowdsourced list of the best jazz songs of all time, at NPR Music. The top 10 includes:
    • Dave Brubeck, "Take Five" — Available on the CD, Time Out. (Purchase from Barnes & Noble.)
    • Miles Davis, "So What" — Available on the CD, Kind of Blue. (Purchase from Barnes & Noble.)
    • Duke Ellington, "Take The A Train" — Available on the CD, The Popular Duke Ellington. (Purchase from Barnes & Noble.)
    • Thelonious Monk, "Round Midnight" — Available on the CD, Thelonious Himself. (Purchase from Barnes & Noble.)
    • John Coltrane, "My Favorite Things" — Available on the CD, My Favorite Things. (Purchase from Barnes & Noble.)
    • John Coltrane, "A Love Supreme (Acknowledgment)" — Available on the CD, A Love Supreme. (Purchase from Barnes & Noble.)
    • Miles Davis, "All Blues" — Available on the CD, Kind of Blue. (Purchase from Barnes & Noble.)
    • Weather Report, "Birdland" — Available on the CD, 8:30. (Purchase from Barnes & Noble.)
    • Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto, "The Girl From Ipanema" — Available on the CD, Getz/Gilberto. (Purchase from Barnes & Noble.)
    • Benny Goodman, "Sing, Sing, Sing" — Available on the CD, Live at Carnegie Hall: 1938 Complete. (Purchase from Barnes & Noble.)
  • Miles Davis: Kevin Davis reviews the Miles Davis album, Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Volume 1, at All About Jazz. (Purchase the CD, Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Volume 1, at Barnes & Noble.)
  • Horace Silver: Greg Simmons reviews the reissued Horace Silver album, Song for My Father, at All About Jazz. (Purchase the CD, Song for My Father, at Barnes & Noble.)
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