Anthony Braxton: Grego Applegate Edwards reviews the Anthony Braxton album, Trio and Duet, at Gapplegate Music Review. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
John Coltrane: At NPR's Jazz Night in America, bassist Christian McBride recalls the first time that he heard John Coltrane's A Love Supreme. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
John Coltrane: All About Jazz reminds us that 2015 is the 50th anniversary of John Coltrane's album, A Love Supreme.
John Coltrane: Billboard reports that director John Scheinfeld — whose credits include The U.S. vs. John Lennon and Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of "Smile" — began pre-production on a film about John Coltrane in November.
Miles Davis: As part of All About Jazz's "One LP" series, Joe Lovano names Miles Davis's 'Round About Midnight. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Herbie Hancock: At All About Jazz, Ken Hohman lists his "top ten jazz songs to listen to while watching basketball." Among them is Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island." (The song is available on the album, Empyrean Isles, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)
Thelonious Monk: CVNC: An Online Arts Journal in North Carolina reprints jazz musician Elmer Johnson's remarks on the influence of Thelonious Monk from a January 2015 presentation at the North Carolina Museum of History.
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