- Count Basie: At JazzWax, Marc Myers shares a link to an episode of Fred Astaire's 1960 show, "Astaire Time," on which Count Basie and his orchestra appeared.
- Miles Davis: The US Postal Service released the Miles Davis stamp on June 12, according to Miles Davis Online.
- Bill Evans: Part II of the Marc Myers interview with Marty Morell, who played drums in the Bill Evans Trio, is at JazzWax. Part III is at JazzWax.
- Erroll Garner: On June 15, his birthday, Erroll Garner was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
- Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Weather Report: According to All About Jazz, Legacy Recordings will release three new Complete Album Collections from the Columbia and RCA archives:
- Charles Mingus: The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection: 7 titles, 10 CDs
- The Thelonious Monk Quartet: The Complete Studio Albums Collection: 6 titles, 6 CDs
- Weather Report: The Columbia Albums 1971-1975: 6 titles, 7 CDs .
- Wes Montgomery: The album, Echoes of Indiana Avenue, by Wes Montgomery, was #39 on the Top 50+ Jazz Albums for the Week of 11 June 2012 at Elements of Jazz. (Purchase the CD, Echoes of Indiana Avenue, from Amazon.com.)
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