- Louis Armstrong: Ricky Riccardi discusses the Louis Armstrong classic, "Potato Head Blues," at The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong. ("Alligator Crawl" is on the CD, Hot Fives & Sevens, available from Amazon.com.)
- Ornette Colement: According to JazzTimes, "Ornette: Made in America," a documentary film about jazz legend Ornette Coleman will open on August 31 at New York City’s IFC Center.
- Miles Davis: Fast Company has a piece entitled "If Miles Davis Taught Your Office To Improvise."
- Bill Evans: Among the top 50 jazz albums for the week of 13 August 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.)
- Oscar Peterson: On August 15, his birthday, Oscar Peterson was Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
- Sonny Rollins: Christopher Carroll writes about "the singular sound" of Sonny Rollins at The New York Review of Books.
- Sarah Vaughan: Marc Myers compares Sarah Vaughan's 1958 and 1964 versions of "Misty" at JazzWax.
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