Louis Armstrong: Ricky Riccardi reflects on the year at The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong and, in particular, discusses the Mosaic Records release of The Columbia and RCA Victor Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All Stars. (Purchase the box set from Mosaic Records.)
Louis Armstrong: New Jazz United shares a video of Louis Armstrong performing "When You Wish Upon a Star." (The song is available on the album, Disney Songs the Satchmo Way, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)
John Coltrane: Open Culture has a piece on the Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church in San Francisco.
John Coltrane: At The Free Jazz Collective, Colin Green reviews the John Coltrane album, Offering: Live at Temple University. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
John Coltrane: New Jazz United shares a video of John Coltrane with Johnny Griffin and the Hank Mobley Sextet playing "Smoke Stack." (The song is available on the album, Blowin' Sessions, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)
Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius: At All About Jazz, John Kelman announces his best releases of 2014, including:
- Miles Davis, Miles at the Fillmore: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Keith Jarrett, Hamburg '72. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden, Last Dance. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- John McLaughlin, The Boston Record. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Jaco Pastorius, Modern American Music ... Period. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Keith Jarrett, Thelonious Monk: At JazzWax, Marc Myers discusses his "CD Discoveries of the Month," including:
- Keith Jarrett's album, Hamburg '72. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.).
- Thelonious Monk's 1961 album, Jackie-ing. (Not available from Amazon.com.)
McCoy Tyner: On December 11, his birthday, McCoy Tyner was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
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