Sunday, November 3, 2013

Recent Links :: 3 November 2013

Louis Armstrong: At The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, Ricky Riccardi discusses Louis Armstrong's "deep" response to the integration crisis in the southern United States in 1957.

Art Blakey: At All About Jazz, Anton Rasmussen explores the music of Art Blakey, "the musical drummer."

Clifford Brown: On October 30, his birthday, Clifford Brown was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.

Miles Davis: At All About Jazz, Nenad Georgievski reviews the Mile Davis album, In a Silent Way. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Miles Davis: Miles Davis Online reports that a deal on the Miles Davis movie is closer to being reached.

Charlie Parker: At The New York Review of Books, Adam Shatz reviews Stanley Crouch's book, Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker. (Purchase the book from Amazon.com.)

Charlie Parker: Open Culture shares a 1950 video clip of Charlie Parker playing with Coleman Hawkins, Buddy Rich, Lester Young, and Ella Fitzgerald.

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