Thursday, December 20, 2012

Recent Links :: 20 December 2012

  • Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Charles Mingus: Peter Hum's "Best Jazz of 2012" list at the Ottawa Citizen includes:
    • Chick Corea and Gary Burton's October concert with the Harlem String Quartet at the Centrepointe Theatre as one of the top concerts of 2012.
    • Keith Jarrett's Sleeper as one of the top discs of 2012. (Purchase at Amazon.com.)
    • Charles Mingus's The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 as one of the top reissues of 2012. (Purchase at Mosaic Records.)
  • Miles Davis: According to Miles Davis Online, Don Cheadle is "still pursuing" the Miles Davis biopic.
  • Miles Davis: Miles Davis Online recalls the "We Want Miles" exhibition that toured Paris, Montreal, and Brazil in 2011 and wonders if the exhibition will come to the United States.
  • Duke Ellington: At All About Jazz, Carl L. Hager begins a long discussion of American politics by recalling Duke Ellington's Presidential Medal of Freedom Award from Richard Nixon in 1969.
  • Bill Evans: John Weatherman discusses the Bill Evans album, Waltz for Debbie, at the head in. (Purchase Waltz for Debbie from Amazon.com.)
  • Flecther Henderson: On December 18, his birthday, Fletcher Henderson was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
  • John McLaughlin: John McLaughlin was on the cover of the January 2013 issue of Downbeat.
  • Fats Waller: Vintage Music has a tribute to Fats Waller on the 69th anniversary of his death. (In Spanish)
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