- Mose Allison: According to JazzTimes, the National Endowment for the Arts announced the four newest NEA Jazz Masters, including Mose Allison, Lou Donaldson, Lorraine Gordon and Eddie Palmieri.
- Miles Davis: According to JazzTimes, the Miles Davis forever stamp was officially dedicated at the Hollywood Bowl’s Museum Terrace in Los Angeles.
- Miles Davis: According to Miles Davis Online, July 16 commemorates the day in 1991 when the French government made Miles Davis a Knight of the Legion of Honor.
- Miles Davis: Several Downbeat blindfold tests with Miles Davis are shared at forghieri.net: 1955; 1958; 1964; and < ahref="http://www.forghieri.net/jazz/blind/Davis_4.html">1968.
- Bill Evans: Among the top 50 jazz albums for the week of 16 July 2012 was Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate by the Bill Evans Trio. (Purchase the CD, Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate, at Amazon.com.)
- Thelonious Monk: A 1966 Downbeat blindfold test with Thelonious Monk is reprinted at forghieri.net.
- Sonny Rollins: JazzTimes shares Sonny Rollins's list of ten "must-hear" tenor cuts, including "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane and "The Man I Love" by Coleman Hawkins.
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