Thursday, December 11, 2014

Recent Links :: 11 December 2014

Dave Brubeck: On December 6, his birthday, Dave Brubeck was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.

John Coltrane: According to JazzTimes, a documentary of John Coltrane, written and directed by filmmaker John Scheinfeld, is being targeted for release in late 2015 or early 2016.

John Coltrane: The Free Jazz Collective list of the most innovative listening experiences of the year includes John Coltrane's album, Offering: Live at Temple University. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Miles Davis: At Music and More, Tim Niland reviews the Miles Davis album, Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 . (Purchase the album from Amazon.com in vinyl or MP3.)

Miles Davis: At Music and More, Tim Niland shares a video of Miles Davis playing at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.

Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell:At The New Yorker, Richard Brody shares his best jazz reissues of 2014, including:
  • Miles Davis, Miles at the Fillmore–Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 3. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
  • Thelonious Monk, The Complete 1966 Geneva Concert. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
  • Bud Powell, Bud Powell: Birdland 1953. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Herbie Hancock: At The Ottawa Citizen, Peter Hum shares a link to an iTunes compilation of over 20 Herbie Hancock recordings and discusses Hancock's memoir, Possibilities. (Purchase the book from Amazon.com.)

Bud Powell: Marc Myers shares three videos of Bud Powell at JazzWax.

Lester Young: Jazz Lives reviews Dave Gelly's book, Being Prez: The Life & Music of Lester Young and calls it "one of the best books on a jazz artist I have ever read." (Purchase the book from Amazon.com.)

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