Thursday, October 9, 2014

Recent Links :: 9 October 2014

Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday: At The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, Ricky Riccardi discusses Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday's only recording session.

John Coltrane: New Jazz United shares a clip of John Coltrane performing "Say It (Over and Over Again)." (The song is available on the album, Ballads, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

Chick Corea, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner: Jerry Jazz Musician asked several jazz musicians and critics to list their three or four favorite jazz albums of the 1960s. There are too many albums to list here, but to take just one example, critic John Goodman listed:
  • Chick Corea, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
  • Bill Evans, Waltz for Debbie. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
  • Thelonious Monk, Live at the It Club. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
  • McCoy Tyner, The Real McCoy. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Sun Ra: Kris Needs has a two-part guide to the albums of Sun Ra at Perfect Sound Forever: Part I and Part II.

Sun Ra: At The Free Jazz Collective, Martin Schray has a multi-part article on Sun Ra, including a review of the album, Sun Ra Arkestra: Live in Ulm 1992. Part 1; Part 2; and Part 3. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

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