Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Recent Links :: 18 January 2012

  • Louis Armstrong: Ricky Riccardi provides the audio of and remarks about the Louis Armstrong panel at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem at his blog, The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong. (Purchase Ricky's book, What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years, at Barnes & Noble.)
  • Count Basie: Jazz Lives provides three audio clips froman April 23, 1941, concert at Carnegie Hall, which featured the Count Basie Band and the Red Allen Band.
  • Chick Corea: USA Today reviews Further Explorations, the album by Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, and Paul Motian. (Purchase the CD, Further Explorations, at Amazon.com.)
  • Miles Davis: Jeff Dayton-Johnson reviews Miles Davis: 1986-1991 The Warner Years at All About Jazz. (Purchase the CD, Miles Davis: 1986-1991 The Warner Years, at Amazon.com.)
  • Eric Dolphy: Tim Niland briefly reviews Eric Dolphy and Booker Little Quintet, At the Five Spot Complete Edition, at Music and More. (Purchase the CD, Eric Dolphy and Booker Little Quintet, At the Five Spot Complete Edition, at Amazon.com.)
  • Sonny Rollins: All About Jazz has a long piece on the 1956 Sonny Rollins classic album, Saxophone Colossus. (Purchase the CD, Saxophone Colossus, at Amazon.com.)
  • McCoy Tyner: Lawrence Peryer discusses the 1962 McCoy Tyner album, Inception, at All About Jazz. (Purchase the CD, Inception, at Amazon.com.)
  • Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday: Ben Westhoff's somewhat tongue-in-cheek list of the top 20 musicians of all time in any genre at the LA Weekly included Louis Armstrong at # 5, Billie Holiday at # 11, and Miles Davis at # 12.
Robert
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