Monday, August 11, 2014

Recent Links :: 11 August 2014

Louis Armstrong: At The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, Ricky Riccardi recaps the 14th annual Satchmo Summerfest. Mick Carlton also reviews the event at JazzTimes.

Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Max Roach: At MacSparky, David Sparks discusses the May 1953 Massey Hall concert with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. (Purchase the album, The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall, from Amazon.com.)

Clifford Brown: "Brownie Speaks," a documentary about Clifford Brown, has a Facebook page.

Herbie Hancock: At The International Review of Music, Don Heckman reviews the Hollywood Bowl concert featuring Herbie Hancock, Gregory Porter, and the Robert Glasper Experiment.

Sonny Rollins: At JazzWax, Marc Myers recaps the Sonny Rollins / New Yorker controversy and shares links to reactions by Larry Blumenfeld, Tom Raney, and Howard Mandel.

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