Duke Ellington: Marc Myers interviews Tony Teachout on the latter's book, Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, at JazzWax: Part 1 and Part 2.
Modern Jazz Quartet: At JazzWax, Marc Myers discusses the Modern Jazz Quartet album, The Modern Jazz Quartet: Germany 1956-1958. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Thelonious Monk: According to All About Jazz, Blue Note will release the Thelonious Monk concert film, "Paris 1969", in November.
Thelonious Monk: Open Culture shared a video of Thelonious Monk playing at the Berlin JazzFest in November 1969.
Charlie Parker: NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday featured an interview with Stanley Crouch, the author of Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker. (Purchase the book from Amazon.com.)
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