- Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett: Among the top five historical jazz recordings of 2012 at Culture Catch were:
- Miles Davis Quintet, Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series, vol. 1. (Available from Amazon.com.)
- Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson, and Jon Christensen, Sleeper: Tokyo, April 16, 1979. (Available from Amazon.com.)
- Bill Evans, Coleman Hawkins, Charles Mingus, Wes Montgomery: David Brent Johnson lists the best historical releases of 2012 at Night Lights. These include:
- Bill Evans, Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top Of The Gate (Available from Amazon.com.)
- Coleman Hawkins, Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-47 (Available from Mosaic Records.)
- Charles Mingus, 1964-65 Jazz Workshop Concerts (Available from Mosaic Records.)
- Wes Montgomery, Echoes Of Indiana Avenue (Available from Amazon.com.)
- Dizzy Gillespie: Brilliant Corners shares a video of Dizzy Gillespie's 1945 recording of "I Can't Get Started" and includes words to accompany the solo.
- Art Tatum: New Jazz United shared a clip of Art Tatum playing "Where or When" with saxophonist Ben Webster. (From the album Art Tatum, Ben Webster: The Album, available from Amazon.com.)
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