Recent Links :: 16 April 2014

Count Basie, Art Blakey, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Modern Jazz Quartet, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner: Jerry Jazz Musician asked jazz experts to name their 3 or 4 favorite jazz albums from the 1960s. Their choices included:

• Count Basie. Straight Ahead. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Art Blakey. Free for All. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Art Blakey. Ugetsu. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Ornette Coleman. Ornette. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• John Coltrane. Afro Blue Impressions. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• John Coltrane. A Love Supreme. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Chick Corea. Now He Sings, Now He Sobs. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Miles Davis. Four & More. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Miles Davis. Miles Smiles. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Miles Davis. My Funny Valentine. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Miles Davis. Nefertiti. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Eric Dolphy. Out to Lunch. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Duke Ellington. Far East Suite. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Bill Evans. Conversations with Myself. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Bill Evans. Sunday at the Village Vanguard. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Bill Evans. Waltz for Debbie. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Bill Evans and Jim Hall. Undercurrent. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Herbie Hancock. Empyrean Isles. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Herbie Hancock. Maiden Voyage. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• The Modern Jazz Quartet. European Concert. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Thelonious Monk. Live at the It Club. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Sonny Rollins. Alfie Soundtrack. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Sonny Rollins. Sonny Rollins on Impulse. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Wayne Shorter. Night Dreamer. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Cecil Taylor. Unit Structures. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• McCoy Tyner. The Real McCoy. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Herbie Hancock: The 2014 JJA Jazz Awards for Musical Achievement have been announced. Among the winners are:

• Historical Record of the Year: Miles Live in Europe 1969 by Miles Davis. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Lifetime Achievement in Jazz: Herbie Hancock
• Musician of the Year: Wayne Shorter
• Record of the Year: Without a Net by the Wayne Shorter Quartet. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Midsize Ensemble of the Year: Wayne Shorter Quartet

Thelonious Monk: Musical Toronto provides its list of the greatest pianists of all time. All but one of the top five are classical; the one exception is Thelonious Monk, tied for # 5 with Emil Gilels and Arthur Rubinstein.

Robert
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