Louis Armstrong: Terry Teachout, who wrote the Louis Armstrong biography, Pops, discusses Armstrong at About Last Night. (Purchase the book, Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong, from Amazon.com.)
Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong always claimed to have been born on July 4, not August 4, and Udiscover discusses this discrepancy.
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans: At About Last Night, Terry Teachout lists "fifteen albums [he's] heard that will always stick with [him]." They include:
- Louis Armstrong, Satchmo at Symphony Hall. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Duke Ellington, Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Bill Evans, Conversations With Myself. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Thelonious Monk: At All About Jazz, Marc Davis reviews Thelonious Monk's Genius Of Modern Music, Volume 1 (Blue Note 1510). (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Charlie Parker: According to JazzTimes, a 17-day citywide celebration of Charlie Parker is planned for Kansas City, Missouri, in August.
Sonny Rollins: The New Yorker caused a controversy when it printed an "interview" with Sonny Rollins, which turned out to be "a work of satire." Among those responding the the "interview" were:
- Sonny Rollins himself
- Marc Myers: here and here
- Nicholas Payton
- New England Public Radio
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