Ornette Coleman: According to Rolling Stone and Capital Public Radio, Ornette Coleman has filed a lawsuit claiming that he did not authorize the release of the 2014 album, New Vocabulary.
Bill Evans: At The Wall Street Journal, author Megan Marshall discusses Bill Evans's recording of "Some Other Time." (The song is available on the album, The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)
Benny Goodman: On May 30, his birthday, Benny Goodman was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
Keith Jarrett: KeithJarrett.org shares several emails about events associated with Keith Jarrett's 70th birthday.
Charlie Parker: At All About Jazz, Victor L. Schermer interviews Daniel Schnyder, the composer of the opera, "Charlie Parker's Yardbird."
Sun Ra: Open Culture shares an audio clip of Sun Ra's 1971 lecture at the University of California at Berkeley on "The Power of Words."
Sonny Rollins: At WNPR, Sonny Rollins discusses his life and his goals.
Sonny Rollins: Phil Freeman discusses the Sonny Rollins album, Our Man in Jazz, at Burning Ambulance. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
Art Tatum: New Jazz United shares a clip of Art Tatum and Roy Eldridge playing "Night and Day." (The song is available on the album, Art Tatum-Roy Eldridge Quartet, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)
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