Thursday, March 26, 2015

Recent Links :: 26 March 2015

John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Erroll Garner, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins: At All About Jazz, C. Michael Bailey lists his ten best live jazz recordings from 1953 to 1965, including:
  • John Coltrane, Live at Birdland.
  • John Coltrane, At the Village Vanguard.
  • Miles Davis, At The Plugged Nickel.
  • Duke Ellington, At Newport 1956.
  • Bill Evans, At the Village Vanguard.
  • Erroll Garner, Concert by the Sea.
  • Charles Mingus, At Antibes.
  • Wes Montgomery, At The Half Note.
  • The Quintet, At Massey Hall.
  • Sonny Rollins, At the Village Vanguard.
Miles Davis: All About Jazz reviews Listen to This, Victor Svorinich's book about Miles Davis's 1969 album, Bitches Brew. (Purchase the book from Amazon.com.)

Miles Davis: St. Louis Jazz Notes has several short news items about Miles Davis.

Duke Ellington: Peter Blasevick shares links to two interviews with Duke Ellington at The Notes You Don't Play.

Duke Ellington: At Take the "A" Train, Ehsan Khoshbakht discusses the restoration of three Duke Ellington films: "Black and Tan Fantasy," "Symphony in Black," and "Bundle of Blues."

Billie Holiday: At About Last Night, Terry Teachout shares a video of John Hammond's 1978 CBC interview, talking about “discovering” Billie Holiday.

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