- Louis Armstrong: Ricky Riccardi shares six Christmas songs that Louis Armstrong recorded for Decca in the 1950s at The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong.
- Louis Armstrong, Charles Mingus: Among Richard Scheinin's best of 2012 at Mercury News are:
- Louis Armstrong: Satchmo at the National Press Club: Red Beans and Ricely Yours. (Purchase from Amazon.com.)
- Charles Mingus: The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65. (Purchase at Mosaic Records)
- George Benson: According to JazzTimes, George Benson will record a Nat King Cole tribute album.
- Bill Evans: Marc Myers discusses Bill Evans's collaborations with trombonist Jimmy Knepper at JazzWax.
- Billie Holiday: CBC Music shares a 1951 CBC radio interview with Billie Holiday.
- Charles Mingus, Cecil Taylor: Chris Monsen shares his favorite jazz of 2012 at Perfect Sounds. Among the reissues that he lists are:
- Charles Mingus: The Workshop Concerts 1964-64. (Purchase at Mosaic Records)
- Cecil Taylor: The Complete Nat Hentoff Sessions. (Purchase at Amazon.com
- Thelonious Monk: Do the Math has a long article on what makes Thelonious Monk's music so hard to play.
- Oscar Peterson: Vintage Music has a remembrance of Oscar Peterson on the 5th anniversary of his death.
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