Recent Links :: 21 April 2014

Art Blakey, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Wayne Shorter: At All About Jazz, Mark Corroto explores some of the discs being released by Blue Note Records as it celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Included are:

• Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Free For All. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• John Coltrane, Blue Train. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Eric Dolphy, Out To Lunch. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

John Coltrane: Open Culture shares a video of John Coltrane playing "A Love Supreme" and other pieces in France in 1965.

Chick Corea: At All About Jazz, Mike Perciaccante reviews the April 10 performance at New York's Town Hall by Chick Corea.

Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald: At JazzWax, Marc Myers shares a video of Ella Fitzgerald performing with Duke Ellington in France in 1966.

Oscar Peterson: At The Notes You Don't Play, Peter Blasevick shares a video of Oscar Peterson's 1979 appearance on the Dick Cavett Show.

Sun Ra: According to Jeff Tamarkin at JazzTimes, Sun Ra's book Prophetika will be published by Kicks Books in April.

Sarah Vaughan: At JazzWax, Marc Myers shares a video of Sarah Vaughan singing "They All Laughed" during her 1958 tour of Europe.

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