Monday, March 24, 2014

Recent Links :: 24 March 2014

Louis Armstrong: Talk About Jazz shares a clip of Louis Armstrong playing "When You're Smiling." (The song is available on the album, The California Concerts, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

Louis Armstrong: Dangerous Minds discusses the collage art of Louis Armstrong.

Dave Brubeck: Marc Myers writes about the death of Dave Brubeck's widow, Iola, at JazzWax.

Miles Davis: At Esquire, Jeff Slate wonders when Miles Davis "slipped in our culture from legend, icon and musical giant to distant historical figure."

Ella Fitzgerald: Talk About Jazz shares a clip of Ella Fitzgerald singing "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)." (The song is available on the album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.) (The song is available on the album, XXX, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

Ella Fitzgerald: At MacSparky, David Sparks discusses Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 recording on "Mack the Knife." (The song is available on the album, Pure Ella, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

Cecil Taylor: New Jazz United shares tracks from Cecil Taylor's album, Solo. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

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