Thursday, July 3, 2014

Recent Links :: 3 July 2014

Louis Armstrong: Marc Myers has a long piece about Louis Armstrong and his All Stars at JazzWax.

Clifford Brown: At The New York Review of Books, Christopher Carroll discusses the "mellow agility" of Clifford Brown.

Bill Evans: At JazzWax, Marc Myers discusses the influence of jazz pianist Bill Clifton on Bill Evans.

Keith Jarrett: At The Ottawa Citizen, Peter Hum reviews the June 2014 Keith Jarrett concert in Montreal.

Bud Powell: At All About Jazz, Marc Davis discusses the Bud Powell albums, The Amazing Bud Powell, Volumes 1 And 2. (Purchase Volume 1 from Amazon.com and Volume 2 from Amazon.com.)

Sonny Rollins: Open Culture shares several interviews with Sonny Rollins, who discusses the importance of his yoga practice.

Horace Silver: At All About Jazz, Marc Davis reviews the Horace Silver album, The Hard Bop Grandpop. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Horace Silver: According to All About Jazz, Horace Silver's memorial service has been set For Monday, July 7, 2014, at St. Augustine Of Hippo Episcopal Church in New York.

Horace Silver: At All About Jazz, Nick Catalano remembers Horace Silver's days at Birdland in the 1950s.

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