Recent Links :: 28 March 2015

Art Blakey, Chick Corea, Crusaders, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Benny Goodman, Keith Jarrett, Thelonious Monk: At All About Jazz, C. Michael Bailey follows up his list of the ten best live jazz recordings with a list of "the best of the rest," including:

• The Art Blakey Quintet, A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. (Purchase Vol. 1 from Amazon.com.  Purchase Vol. 2 from Amazon.com)
• Chick Corea and Return to Forever, Live. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• The Crusaders, Scratch. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Miles Davis, Live At the Fillmore East, March 7, 1970: It's About That Time. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Eric Dolphy, Live At The Five Spot, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. (Purchase Vol. 1 on vinyl from Amazon.com.  Purchase Vol. 2 from Amazon.com.)
• Benny Goodman, Live at Carnegie Hall, 1938. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Keith Jarrett, Still Live. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Thelonious Monk, Live At the It Club. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Miles Davis: All About Jazz provides an excerpt from Listen to This, Victor Svorinich's book about Miles Davis's 1969 album, Bitches Brew. (Purchase the book from Amazon.com.)

Cecil Taylor: At dusted in exile, Derek Taylor reviews the Cecil Taylor album, Garden 1st Set (hatOLOGY). (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Cecil Taylor: On March 25, his birthday, Cecil Taylor was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.

Sarah Vaughan: On her birthday, March 27, Sarah Vaughan was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.

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