- Cannonball Adderley, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell: The Village Voice published "Ten (More) Jazz Albums to Hear Before You Die," a list by Matthew Kassel and Alex W. Rodriguez that includes:
- Cannonball Adderley and Nancy Wilson. Nancy Wilson with the Cannonball Adderley Quintet. (Purchase from Amazon.com.)
- Louis Armstrong. Satchmo at Symphony Hall. (Purchase from Amazon.com.)
- Count Basie. Count Basie Live at the Sands. (Purchase from Amazon.com.)
- John Coltrane Quartet. Crescent. (Purchase from Amazon.com.)
- Duke Ellington, Max Roach and Charles Mingus. Money Jungle. (Purchase from Amazon.com.)
- The Quintet. Jazz at Massey Hall. (Purchase from Amazon.com.)
- Anthony Braxton: Elliott Sharp's list of "Ten Free Jazz Albums to Hear Before You Die" in The Village Voice includes Anthony Braxton's' For Alto. (Purchase For Alto from Amazon.com.)
- Miles Davis: At JazzTimes, Lewis Porter interviews saxophonist Dave Liebman about his work with Miles Davis and includes excerpts from Liebman's memoir, What It Is: The Life of a Jazz Artist. (Purchase What It Is: The Life of a Jazz Artist from Amazon.com.)
- Miles Davis: John Weatherman started a new blog, the head in, which plans to look at the 51 albums that got him started in jazz. His first album is Miles Davis's Relaxin’ With The Miles Davis Quintet. (Purchase Relaxin’ With The Miles Davis Quintet from Amazon.com.)
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