Miles Davis: According to JazzTimes, Concord Music Group will release the second volume of its Miles Davis reissues from the Prestige catalog, Miles Davis—The Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection, Vol. 2, in April.
Bill Evans: At JazzWax, Marc Myers shares a link to a clip of Bill Evans playing in Norway just weeks before he died in 1980.
Dizzy Gillespie: At Take the "A" Train, Ehsan Khoshbakht discusses the 1958 movie about Dizzy Gillespie, "A Date with Dizzy."
Herbie Hancock: Marc Myers discusses Herbie Hancock's album, Maiden Voyage, at JazzWax. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
James P. Johnson: Jazz Lives shares a poster and program for a 1945 Carnegie Hall concert by James P. Johnson.
Charlie Parker: Ted Gioia discusses the career of Charlie Parker at The Weekly Standard.
Joe Sample: At JazzTimes, Bob James remembers the late Joe Sample.
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