Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Recent Links :: 18 June 2013

  • Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Wes Montgomery: According to JazzTimes, Concord Music Group will release five new titles in its Original Jazz Classics Remasters series on July 23. The titles include:
    • Cannonball Adderley and Milt Jackson, Things Are Getting Better
    • Bill Evans Trio, How My Heart Sings!
    • Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan, Mulligan Meets Monk
    • Wes Montgomery, So Much Guitar!
  • Louis Armstrong: Open Culture shares the earliest known footage of Louis Armstrong performing live, in Copenhagen in 1933.
  • Dave Brubeck: At RJ on Jazz, R.J. DeLuke reports that Dave Brubeck will join the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Walk of Fame in Saratoga Springs, NY. Brubeck played that the Saratoga Jazz Festival 13 times, more than any other performer.
  • Chick Corea: On June 12, his birthday, Chick Corea was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
  • Erroll Garner: On June 15, his birthday, Erroll Garner was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
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