Recent Links :: 6 August 2015

Louis Armstrong: On August 4, his birthday, Louis Armstrong was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.

Bix Beiderbecke: Bill Wundram writes about cornet player Scott Black's collection of Bix Beiderbecke memorabilia at The Quad-City Times.

George Benson: According to an interview in The Scotsman, George Benson "has no plans to hang up his guitar."

Ornette Coleman: At All About Jazz, Marc Davis reviews the Ornette Coleman CD, Ornette Coleman At The Golden Circle, Volume 1. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Miles Davis: According to JazzTimes, Bob Gluck's new book, The Miles Davis Lost Quintet and Other Revolutionary Ensembles, will be published in 2016 by the University of Chicago Press.

John McLaughlin: According to JazzTimes and Downbeat Magazine, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release a two-CD version of John McLaughlin and Santana's "Invitation to Illumination — Live At Montreux 2011" in September.

Charles Mingus: New Jazz United shares a clip of Charles Mingus playing piano and performing "She’s Just Miss Popular Hybrid." (The song is available on the album, Mingus Plays Piano, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

Airto Moreira: On August 5, his birthday, Airto Moreira was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.

Bud Powell: At Take the "A" Train, Ehsan Khoshbakht provides transcriptions from two interviews with Bud Powell from 1963.

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Happy Birthday, Airto Moreira

Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira was born on August 5, 1941, in Itaiópolis, Brazil. Moreira and his wife, singer Flora Purim, moved to the United States in 1967 and began playing with a number of jazz musicians, including Joe Zawinul and Miles Davis.

Moreira participated in several of Davis's jazz fusion projects, including the highly influential album Bitches Brew. Moreira and other musicians who had played with Miles — Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, and Miroslav Vitous — then formed Weather Report, and Moreira played percussion on their first album, Weather Report. Moreira then left Weather Report to join Chick Corea's new band Return to Forever, where he played drums on the group's first two albums, Return to Forever and Light as a Feather.

Moreira and Purim also recorded 500 Miles High/At Montreux, a marvelous live album that Len Lyons included in his list of the 101 best jazz albums. As Lyons notes, the album features their "raw, spontaneous, and loose style."

A nice example of Moreira and Purim's music is "Samba de Flora":

Robert
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Happy Birthday, Airto Moreira

Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira was born on August 5, 1941, in Itaiópolis, Brazil. Moreira and his wife, singer Flora Purim, moved to the United States in 1967 and began playing with a number of jazz musicians, including Joe Zawinul and Miles Davis.

Moreira participated in several of Davis's jazz fusion projects, including the highly influential album Bitches Brew. Moreira and other musicians who had played with Miles — Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, and Miroslav Vitous — then formed Weather Report, and Moreira played percussion on their first album, Weather Report. Moreira then left Weather Report to join Chick Corea's new band Return to Forever, where he played drums on the group's first two albums, Return to Forever and Light as a Feather.

Moreira and Purim also recorded 500 Miles High/At Montreux, a marvelous live album that Len Lyons included in his list of the 101 best jazz albums. As Lyons notes, the album features their "raw, spontaneous, and loose style."

A nice example of Moreira and Purim's music is "Samba de Flora":

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Recent Links :: 9 August 2013

• Louis Armstrong: On August 4, his birthday, Louis Armstrong was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
• Louis Armstrong: At his blog, The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, Ricky Riccardi discusses the 13th annual Satchmo Summerfest.
• Count Basie: At JazzWax, Marc Myers lists ten more great big band albums from 1958, including:
  • Count Basie: Basie Playes Hefti. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
  • George Russell: New York, N.Y.. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Chick Corea: At The Guardian, John Fordham reviews the Chick Corea album, The Vigil. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Thelonious Monk: At All About Jazz, Mark Carroto reviews the Thelonious Monk limited edition release, Newport '59.
• Airto Moreira: On August 5, his birthday, Airto Moreira was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.

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Happy Birthday, Airto Moreira

Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira was born on August 5, 1941, in Itaiópolis, Brazil. Moreira and his wife, singer Flora Purim, moved to the United States in 1967 and began playing with a number of jazz musicians, including Joe Zawinul and Miles Davis.

Moreira participated in several of Davis's jazz fusion projects, including the highly influential album Bitches Brew. Moreira and other musicians who had played with Miles — Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, and Miroslav Vitous — then formed Weather Report, and Moreira played percussion on their first album, Weather Report. Moreira then left Weather Report to join Chick Corea's new band Return to Forever, where he played drums on the group's first two albums, Return to Forever and Light as a Feather.

Moreira and Purim also recorded 500 Miles High/At Montreux, a marvelous live album that Len Lyons included in his list of the 101 best jazz albums. As Lyons notes, the album features their "raw, spontaneous, and loose style."

A nice example of Moreira and Purim's music is "Samba de Flora":

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Recent Links :: 2 January 2013

• Louis Armstrong: Ricky Riccardi shares links to audio clips from four of Louis Armstrong's New Year's Eve broadcasts at The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong.
• Art Blakey: the head in discusses the Hank Mobley album, Soul Station, which featured Art Blakey on drums. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Dave Brubeck: The Dave Brubeck Quartet's album, Their Last Time Out, was a runner-up in the voting for Top Historical Release in the 2012 Readers Poll at JazzTimes. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Chick Corea: Chick Corea was voted Best Keyboardist of the Year in the 2012 Readers Poll at JazzTimes. Corea was also a runner-up for Best Pianist.
• Bill Evans: The Bill Evans album, Live at Art D’Lugoff’s Top of the Gate, was voted Top Historical Release in the 2012 Readers Poll at JazzTimes. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Herbie Hancock: Herbie Hancock was voted Best Pianist of the Year in the 2012 Readers Poll at JazzTimes. Hancock was also a runner-up for Best Electronic Keyboardist.
• Keith Jarrett: The Keith Jarrett album, Sleeper: Tokyo, April 16, 1979, was a runner-up in the voting for Top Historical Release in the 2012 Readers Poll at JazzTimes. Jarrett was also a runner-up for Best Pianist. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Wes Montgomery: The Wes Montgomery album, Echoes of Indiana Avenue, was a runner-up in the voting for Top Historical Release in the 2012 Readers Poll at JazzTimes. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Airto Moreira: Airto Moreira was a runner-up for Best Percussionist of the Year in the 2012 Readers Poll at JazzTimes.
• Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins was voted Artist of the Year and Best Tenor Saxophone in the 2012 Readers Poll at JazzTimes.
• Wayne Shorter: The Wayne Shorter Quartet was voted Acoustic Group of the Year in the 2012 Readers Poll at JazzTimes. Shorter was also voted Best Soprano Saxophone and was a runner-up for Best Tenor Saxophone.

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Recent Links :: 10 August 2012

• Louis Armstrong: Ricky Riccardi discusses the controversy surrounding the exact date of Louis Armstrong's birth at The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong.
• Miles Davis: According to Miles Davis Online, Antoine Fuqua's IMDB page now lists the Miles Davis movie as a "Project in Development."
• Keith Jarrett: John Kelman reviews the Keith Jarrett album, Sleeper: Tokyo, April 16, 1979, at All About Jazz. (Purchase Sleeper: Tokyo, April 16, 1979 from Amazon.com.)
• Airto Moreira: On his birthday, August 5, Airto Moreira was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
• Sonny Rollins: Tim Niland reviews the Sonny Rollins album, The Very Best of Sonny Rollins, at Music and More. (Purchase The Very Best of Sonny Rollins from Amazon.com.)

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Happy Birthday, Airto Moreira

Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira was born on August 5, 1941, in Itaiópolis, Brazil. Moreira and his wife, singer Flora Purim, moved to the United States in 1967 and began playing with a number of jazz musicians, including Joe Zawinul and Miles Davis.

Moreira participated in several of Davis's jazz fusion projects, including the highly influential album Bitches Brew. Moreira and other musicians who had played with Miles — Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, and Miroslav Vitous — then formed Weather Report, and Moreira played percussion on their first album, Weather Report. Moreira then left Weather Report to join Chick Corea's new band Return to Forever, where he played drums on the group's first two albums, Return to Forever and Light as a Feather.

Moreira and Purim also recorded 500 Miles High/At Montreux, a marvelous live album that Len Lyons included in his list of the 101 best jazz albums. As Lyons notes, the album features their "raw, spontaneous, and loose style."

A nice example of Moreira and Purim's music is "Samba de Flora":

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Recent Links :: August 5

• Mose Allison: John Fordham reviews Mose Allison's concert at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in London at The Guardian. Jack Massarik reviews the concert in the London Evening Standard.
  
• Louis Armstrong: August 4 was Louis Armstrong's birthday, and Riverwalk Jazz devoted a program to the "founding father of jazz."
  
• Louis Armstrong: In honor of Louis Armstrong's birthday, the Huffington Post listed its favorite live performances, complete with videos.
  
• Louis Armstrong: Shadow and Act notes Louis Armstrong's birthday and discusses the status of two biopics of the great trumpeter.
  
• Bix Beiderbecke: Marc Myers has an excellent piece on Bix Beiderbecke on the anniversary of his death (August 6, 1931) at Jazz Wax.
  
• Bix Beiderbecke: Corey Kilgannon writes about the room in which Bix died in the New York Times's City Room blog.
  
• Dave Brubeck: The Projo Arts Blog announces that the 90-year-old Dave Brubeck will perform at the Newport Jazz Festival.
  
• Ornette Coleman: C. Michael Bailey reviews Ornette Coleman's seminal album, The Shape Of Jazz To Come at All About Jazz. (Purchase the CD, The Shape Of Jazz To Come, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Chick Corea: AARP has an interview with Chick Corea, who is kicking off a 70-city world tour.
  
• Bill Evans: Mike Conklin transcribes the first 16 measures of the Bill Evans tune, "Alice in Wonderland" (from the album, Sunday at the Village Vanguard) and provides an audio of Evans playing it at This Quiet Fire. He then analyzes the first four bars here and here. (Purchase the CD, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Bill Evans: David Bowling reviews the 2011 album, The Definitive Bill Evans On Riverside And Fantasy at Seattle Pi. (Purchase the CD, The Definitive Bill Evans On Riverside And Fantasy, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Herbie Hancock: The Hot House blog has Herbie Hancock's TED presentation.
  
• Herbie Hancock: Eve Jackson interviews Herbie Hancock at her France 24 blog.
  
• Airto Moreira: August 5 was Airto Moreira's birthday, and he was honored as the jazz musician of the day at All About Jazz.
  
• Sun Ra: Daniel Baker has a nice, long article about Sun Ra and his Arkestra at The Quietus.
  
• Sonny Rollins: Fred Kaplan reviews the Sonny Rollins 1957 album, Newk's Time, at Stereophile. (Purchase the CD, Newk's Time, at Barnes & Noble.)
  

Robert

Happy Birthday, Airto Moreira

Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira turns 70 today. Moreira and his wife, singer Flora Purim, moved to the United States in 1967 and began playing with a number of jazz musicians, including Joe Zawinul and Miles Davis. Moreira participated in several of Davis's jazz fusion projects, including the highly influential album Bitches Brew. Moreira and other musicians who had played with Miles — Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, and Miroslav Vitous — then formed Weather Report, and Moreira played percussion on their first album, Weather Report. Moreira then left Weather Report to join Chick Corea's new band Return to Forever, where he played drums on the group's first two albums, Return to Forever and Light as a Feather.

Moreira and Purim also recorded 500 Miles High/At Montreux, a marvelous live album that Len Lyons included in his list of the 101 best jazz albums. As Lyons notes, the album features their "raw, spontaneous, and loose style."


A nice example of Moreira's work is "Samba de Flora":

Albums mentioned above:

• Miles Davis. Bitches Brew (Buy at Barnes & Noble)
  
• Weather Report. Weather Report (Buy at Barnes & Noble)
  
• Chick Corea and Return to Forever. Return to Forever (Buy at Barnes & Noble)
  
• Chick Corea and Return to Forever. Light as a Feather (Buy at Barnes & Noble)
  
• Airto Moreira and Flora Purim. 500 Miles High/At Montreux (Buy at Amazon.com)
  

Robert