Saturday, January 3, 2015

Recent Links :: 3 January 2014

Louis Armstrong, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett: WDCB asked its jazz DJs to pick their 5 favorite jazz recordings of 2014. The various lists include:
  • Louis Armstrong, The Columbia and RCA/Victor Live Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All-Stars. (Purchase the album from Mosaic Records.)
  • Chick Corea, Trilogy. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
  • Miles Davis, Miles At The Fillmore – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Volume 3. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
  • Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden, Last Dance. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Ornette Coleman: At Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches, Hank Shteamer reviews the Ornette Coleman album, New Vocabulary. Mark Corroto also reviews the album at All ABout Jazz. (Purchase the album from System Dialing Records.)

John Coltrane: Lucas Schleicher discusses his 14 "most exciting" releases of 2014 at Dusted in Exile. These include John Coltrane. Offering: Live at Temple University. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, Sonny Rollins: At Bird is the Worm, Dave Sumner lists the albums that he selected in the NPR Jazz Critics Poll and briefly discusses the albums that made NPR's top 10. Among the albums listed are:
  • John Coltrane. Offering: Live at Temple University. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
  • Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden, and Paul Motian, Hamburg ’72. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
  • Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 3. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Miles Davis: At Music and More, Tim Niland reviews the Miles Davis album, All of You: the Last Tour 1960. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Herbie Hancock: The Telegraph lists the 33 best jazz albums of 2014, including Herbie Hancock, The Warner Bros Years (1969-1972). (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Keith Jarrett: Hank Shteamer discusses the music of Keith Jarrett from 1969 through 1972 at Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches.

Keith Jarrett: Grego Applegate Edwards reviews the Keith Jarrett album, Hamburg '72, at Gapplegate Music Review. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Joe Sample, Horace Silver: Curt's Jazz Cafe pays tribute to the jazz artists who died in 2014, including Joe Sample and Horace Silver.

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