Recent Links :: 24 September 2014

Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Herbie Hancock, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins: At The Village Voice, Joseph Lapin lists "Ten Jazz Albums to Hear Before You Die." They include:

• The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Out. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• John Coltrane, Blue Train. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Miles Davis, Bitches Brew. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Miles Davis, Kind of Blue. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Ella and Louis. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Charles Mingus, Ah Um. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• The Thelonious Monk Quartet, Monk's Dream. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Sonny Rollins, The Bridge. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk: At The Notes You Don't Play, Peter Blasevivk shares a 1960 piece from Downbeat in which John Coltrane talks about the influence of Thelonious Monk.

John Coltrane: On September 23, his birthday, John Coltrane was Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.

John Coltrane: At Music and More, Tim Niland reviews the John Coltrane album, Offering: Live at Temple University. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Herbie Hancock: At Jazz Truth, George Colligan reviews a concert in Portland given by the Herbie Hancock Quartet.

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