Recent Links :: 6 December 2014

Louis Armstrong: Ricky Riccardi continues his series on Larry L. King's profile of Louis Armstrong in the November 1967 issue of Harper's with Part 3, Part 4, and Conclusion.

Chick Corea:According to several sources, including The Ottawa Citizen, the Grammy Award nominees include:

• Chick Corea Trio, Trilogy, for Best Jazz Instrumental Album. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Chick Corea, "Fingerprints," from Trilogy for Best Improvised Jazz Solo.

Miles Davis: New Jazz United shares a video of Miles Davis's live 1970 performance of "It's About That Time." (The song is available on the album, Live at the Fillmore East, March 7, 1970: It’s About that Time, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker: At Macsparky, David Sparks discusses "A Night in Tunisia" and shares versions by Miles Davis and Charlie Parker and by Dizzy Gillespie.

Herbie Hancock: At All About Jazz, Nenad Georgievski reviews the November 27 concert by Herbie Hancock in Belgrade, Serbia.

Keith Jarrett: At All About Jazz, Karl Ackermann reviews the Keith Jarrett album, Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian: Hamburg '72. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Sonny Rollins: At JazzWax, Marc Myers shares a video of Sonny Rollins on Ralph Gleason's "Jazz Casual" television show from March 1962.

Cecil Taylor: At Take the "A" Train, Ehsan Khoshbakht discusses the music of Cecil Taylor and shares a 1986 audio file of Taylor on Marian McPartland's "Piano Jazz."

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