- George Benson: Brian Arsenault reviews the new George Benson album, "Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole," at The International Review of Music. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday: Open Culture shares a 1935 video of Duke Ellington's "Symphony in Black," which starred the 19-year-old Billie Holiday.
- Duke Ellington: At NPR's A Blog Supreme, David Brent Johnson discusses Duke Ellington's later years and recommends five albums from that period:
- "... And His Mother Called Him Bill" (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- "Latin American Suite" (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- "Second Sacred Concert" (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- "New Orleans Suite" (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- "The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse" (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Keith Jarrett: At The Guardian, John Fordham reviews "Somewhere," the new album by Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Sun Ra: On May 22, his birthday, Sun Ra was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
- Woody Herman: Alan Greenblatt discusses Woody Herman on the 100th anniversary of his birth at NPR's A Blog Supreme.
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