Recent Links :: 30 March 2015

Bill Evans: At All About Jazz, Nathan Holaway lists the best jazz albums featuring Bill Evans as a sideman.

Bill Evans, Bud Powell, Horace Silver, Art Tatum: Marc Myers lists his favorite jazz piano albums for newcomers to the genre at JazzWax. These include:

• Bill Evans, At Town Hall. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Bud Powell, Strictly Bud Powell. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Horace Silver, Horace Silver Trio. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Art Tatum, Solo Masterpieces Vol. 1. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae: Marc Myers lists his favorite jazz vocal albums for newcomers to the genre at JazzWax. These include:

• Ella Fitzgerald, The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Billie Holiday, Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia - 1933-1944. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Carmen McRae, Eight Classic Albums. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Thelonious Monk: New Jazz United shares a video of Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan playing "Straight No Chaser." (The song is available on the album, Mulligan Meets Monk, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

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