- Louis Armstrong: At The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, Ricky Riccardi discusses the Hot Seven tune, "Melancholy Blues." ("Melancholy Blues" is on the CD, Hot Fives & Sevens, available from Amazon.com.)
- Ornette Coleman: Reviews of Shirley Clarke's film, “Ornette: Made in America,” appeared in the New York Times and The New Yorker's blog on cinema, The Front Row.
- Chick Corea, Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Weather Report: At Jazz (Jazzers Jazzing), Carl Hager is reporting the top vote getters in his poll for the best jazz/rock fusion recordings of all time and is re-opening the poll. So far, Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever is the top vote getter, followed by The Inner Mounting Flame by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Bitches Brew by Miles Davis, and Heavy Weather by Weather Report.
- Oliver Nelson: Marc Myers has a great piece at JazzWax on the 1961 session in which Oliver Nelson and Red Garland recorded together for the first and only time. (The tracks were never released on a single album, but two of the tracks can be found on Red Garland's Soul Burnin', available from Amazon.com.)
- Sonny Rollins: On September 7, his birthday, Sonny Rollins was named the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
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