Ornette Coleman: Jeff Tamarkin reviews the new Ornette Coleman release, New Vocabulary, at JazzTimes. (Purchase the album from System Dialing Records.)
John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett: Robert Bush lists his favorite jazz recordings of 2014 at All About Jazz. They include:
- John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Hamburg '72. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Herbie Hancock: All About Jazz reports on a keynote address given by Herbie Hancock at the 6th annual National Jazz Education Network conference in San Diego.
Coleman Hawkins: Jazz Lives shares two videos of Coleman Hawkins playing with Roy Eldridge, Benny Carter, and others in 1960 in Paris.
Keith Jarrett: At Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches, Hank Shteamer discusses Keith Jarrett's American Quartet and the Jarrett, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian trio that preceded it, sessions that ran from May 1967 to October 1976.
Joe Pass: On January 13, his birthday, Joe Pass was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
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