Saturday, December 7, 2013

Recent Links :: 7 December 2013

Art Blakey: Jason Sositko talks about the Art Blakey album, Moanin', at HubPages. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Dave Brubeck: A year after Dave Brubeck's death, Doug Ramsey announces on Rifftides a new Website devoted to Brubeck, John Bolger's Dave Brubeck Jazz.com.

John Coltrane: At NPR's A Blog Supreme, David Brent Johnson looks at five jazz versions of spirituals, including John Coltrane's "Spiritual." (The song is available on the album, Live at the Village Vanguard, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

Miles Davis: At HubPages, Jason Sositko debates which of Miles Davis's phases was the most groundbreaking, acoustic or electric.

Miles Davis: Jason Sositko has a long discussion of Miles Davis's electric music from 1969 to 1975 at HubPages.

Miles Davis: At HubPages, Jason Sositko looks at the final 10 years of Miles Davis's life, including the following albums:
Billie Holiday: Jason Sositko discusses Billie Holiday's song, "Strange Fruit," at HubPages. (The song is available on the album The Best of Billie Holiday, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

Lester Young: At Do the Math, Ethan Iverson shares a transcription of Lester Young's version of "Tea for Two."

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