John Coltrane: In the Groove looks at the September 23 birthday shared by John Coltrane and Ray Charles.
Chick Corea: USA Today has an article about Chick Corea's use of electronic gadgets while on the road.
Coleman Hawkins, Willie Smith: At JazzWax, Marc Myers shares an amazing video of Coleman Hawkins and Willie "The Lion" Smith from a 1958 television show.
Bud Powell: On September 27, his birthday, Bud Powell was the Jazz Musician Of The Day at All About Jazz.
Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Benny Goodman, Keith Jarrett, Art Tatum: Sinfini Music has an interesting piece on the intersection of classical music and jazz, including short discussions of:
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet's album, Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Chick Corea and Keith Jarrett's 1985 performance of Mozart’s Concerto in E flat for Two Pianos and Orchestra.
- Miles Davis's collaboration with Gil Evans and particularly their version of Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez
- Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto, written for Benny Goodman.
- Art Tatum's version of Dvořák’s Humoresque.
