- Count Basie: At Marc Myers lists his 10 favorite big band recordings from 1958, including:
- Count Basie: Chairman of the Board. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Duke Ellington: The Cosmic Scene. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Charlie Christian: On his birthday, July 29, Charlie Christian was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
- Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum: According to JazzTimes, Concord Music Group will release five new titles in its Original Jazz Classics Remasters series on September 17. These albums include:
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: The Ellington Suites
- Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker: Dizzy’s Big 4
- Oscar Peterson & Stephane Grappelli: Skol
- Art Tatum: The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 1.
- Herbie Hancock: According to JazzTimes, Columbia/Legacy Recordings will release Herbie Hancock: The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988, a 34-disc box set, on November 12.
- McCoy Tyner: George Colligan reviews the McCoy Tyner album, Soliloquy, at Jazz Truth. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
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