- Cannonball Adderley, Somethin' Else. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Eric Dolphy, Far Cry. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
- Charlie Parker, The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Miles Davis: At Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes, Ken Franckling discusses Miles Davis’s breakthrough performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955.
Miles Davis: At Open Culture, Josh Jones recounts several stories from the early 1970s, when Miles Davis opened for Neil Young, Steve Miller, and other groups.
Dizzy Gillespie: As part of All About Jazz's "One LP" series, jazz trumpeter John Faddis talks about the 1954 Soul Mates album that featured Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge. (Purchase the vinyl record from Amazon.com.)
James P. Johnson: At Jazz Lives, Michael Steinman discusses two of James P. Johnson's 1939 piano solos, "Blueberry Rhyme" and "If Dreams Come True."
Thelonious Monk: According to JazzTimes and All About Jazz, Concord Music Group will reissue the 15-CD Thelonious Monk anthology, The Complete Riverside Recordings, in May.
Charlie Parker: Ehsan Khoshbakht shares a photo of Charlie Parker unpacking his saxophone at the Royal Roost in New York City in 1949 at Take the "A" Train.
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