Recent Links :: 3 August 2015

Louis Armstrong: At The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, Ricky Riccardi discusses the the 15th annual Satchmo Summerfest in New Orleans, which takes place between July 31 and August 2.

Charlie Christian: On July 29, his birthday, Charlie Christian was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.

Miles Davis: St. Louis Jazz Notes has several links to stories about Miles Davis, including news of Don Cheadle's new biopic, "Miles Ahead."

Miles Davis: New Jazz United shares a clip of the Miles Davis Sextet performing "Flamenco Sketches." (The song is available on the album, The Complete Columbia Recordings, 1955 - 1961, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

Miles Davis, Bill Evans: At JazzWax, Marc Myers reviews four jazz and R&B box sets, including:

• Miles Davis: Miles Davis at Newport, 1955-1975. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Bill Evans: The Complete Fantasy Recordings. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

John McLaughlin: At Take the "A" Train, Ehsan Khoshbakht shares a video of the John McLaughlin Trio performing in Hamburg, Germany in 1990.

Thelonious Monk: New Jazz United shares a clip of the Thelonious Monk Quintet playing "Brilliant Corners." (The song is available on the album, Brilliant Corners, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

Oscar Peterson: At JazzWax, Marc Myers shares a clip of Oscar Peterson on British television in October 1964.

Lester Young: New Jazz United shares a clip of the Lester Young Quartet playing "Slow Motion Blues."

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Happy Birthday, Charlie Christian

Jazz guitarist Charlie Christian was born on July 29, 1916, in Bonham, Texas.

Christian was a key figure in the history of the electric guitar, and his technique helped establish the guitar as a legitimate solo instrument. He gained national exposure as a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra from August 1939 to June 1941 and was a major influence in the development of bebop and cool jazz. As Jazz critic Scott Yanow put it, "It can be said without exaggeration that virtually every jazz guitarist that emerged during 1940-65 sounded like a relative of Charlie Christian."

In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons recommends Christian's album, Solo Flight (Columbia CG 30779), but this has not been issued on CD or MP3. Instead, Jim Determan recommends the three alternatives listed below. As he notes, the box set "is the definitive reissue [but for] those wanting a single Charlie Christian CD, the first Columbia single CD makes a good choice." The third CD, according to Determan, "has good sextet material, but Christian's role is less prominent."

• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar, Box Set (Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia/Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian (Columbia/Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)

Christian plays "Airmail Special" with the Benny Goodman Sextet here:

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RIP, Charlie Christian (1916-1942)

Jazz guitarist Charlie Christian died on March 2, 1942, in New York City, a year after he contracted tuberculosis. He was just 25 years old. He is buried in the Gates Hill Cemetery in Bonham, Texas.

Christian was a key figure in the history of the electric guitar, and his technique helped establish the guitar as a legitimate solo instrument. He gained national exposure as a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra from August 1939 to June 1941 and was a major influence in the development of bebop and cool jazz.

In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons recommends Christian's album, Solo Flight (Columbia CG 30779), but this has not been issued on CD or MP3.  The vinyl is available via Amazon.com.

Instead, Jim Determan recommends the three alternatives listed below. As he notes, the box set "is the definitive reissue [but for] those wanting a single Charlie Christian CD, the first Columbia single CD makes a good choice." The third CD, according to Determan, "has good sextet material, but Christian's role is less prominent."

• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar, Box Set (Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia/Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian (Columbia/Sony)
(Available at Amazon.com.)

Christian plays "Blues in B" here:

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Recent Links :: 5 August 2014

Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton: According to JazzTimes, Legacy Recordings will release six classic "Live at Newport" albums at iTunes/NewportJazz. These include:

• The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Newport 1958
• Three albums by Duke Ellington: Ellington at Newport: The Original Album; Newport 1958; and Live at Newport 1958
• Ella Fitzgerald’s Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall July 5, 1973
• Lionel Hampton’s Reunion at Newport 1967

Charlie Christian: On July 29, his birthday, Charlie Christian was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.

Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman: At The Notes You Don't Play, Peter Blasevick shares a 1982 interview with Benny Goodman about Charlie Christian.

Keith Jarrett: According to Elements of Jazz, the album Last Dance, by Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden, was the top jazz album for the week of July 28, 2014. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Jon Hendricks,Dave Lambert, Annie Ross: At JazzWax, Marc Myers shares a 1959 Down Beat article about the group, Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross.

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Happy Birthday, Charlie Christian

Jazz guitarist Charlie Christian was born on July 29, 1916, in Bonham, Texas.

Christian was a key figure in the history of the electric guitar, and his technique helped establish the guitar as a legitimate solo instrument. He gained national exposure as a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra from August 1939 to June 1941 and was a major influence in the development of bebop and cool jazz. As Jazz critic Scott Yanow put it, "It can be said without exaggeration that virtually every jazz guitarist that emerged during 1940-65 sounded like a relative of Charlie Christian."

In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons recommends Christian's album, Solo Flight (Columbia CG 30779), but this has not been issued on CD or MP3. Instead, Jim Determan recommends the three alternatives listed below. As he notes, the box set "is the definitive reissue [but for] those wanting a single Charlie Christian CD, the first Columbia single CD makes a good choice." The third CD, according to Determan, "has good sextet material, but Christian's role is less prominent."

• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar, Box Set (Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia/Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian (Columbia/Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)

Christian plays "Airmail Special" with the Benny Goodman Sextet here:

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RIP, Charlie Christian (1916-1942)

Jazz guitarist Charlie Christian died on March 2, 1942, in New York City, a year after he contracted tuberculosis. He was just 25 years old. He is buried in the Gates Hill Cemetery in Bonham, Texas.

Christian was a key figure in the history of the electric guitar, and his technique helped establish the guitar as a legitimate solo instrument. He gained national exposure as a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra from August 1939 to June 1941 and was a major influence in the development of bebop and cool jazz.

In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons recommends Christian's album, Solo Flight (Columbia CG 30779), but this has not been issued on CD or MP3. Instead, Jim Determan recommends the three alternatives listed below. As he notes, the box set "is the definitive reissue [but for] those wanting a single Charlie Christian CD, the first Columbia single CD makes a good choice." The third CD, according to Determan, "has good sextet material, but Christian's role is less prominent."

• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar, Box Set (Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia/Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian (Columbia/Sony)
(Available at Amazon.com.)

Christian plays "Blues in B" here:

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Recent Links :: 26 August 2013

• Cannonball Adderley: C. Michael Bailey reviews the remastered Cannonball Adderley and Milt Jackson album, Things Are Getting Better, at All About Jazz. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Count Basie: On August 21, his birthday, Count Basie was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
• Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman: Jazz Lives shares Mel Powell's reminiscences of taking Charlie Christian to the draft board and of listening to Benny Goodman in rehearsal.
• John Coltrane: At JazzWax, Marc Myers has a fascinating piece on the late pianist Cedar Walton and his playing on several alternative versions of John Coltrane's album, Giant Steps. (The seven alternate versions of Giant Steps with Cedar Walton, recorded in April 1959, can be found on John Coltrane, Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, available from Amazon.com.)
• Bill Evans: C. Michael Evans reviews the re-issued Bill Evans album, How My Heart Sings, at All About Jazz. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Parker: At All About Jazz, C. Michael Bailey reviews Charles Haddix's book, Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

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Recent Links :: 1 August 2013

• Count Basie: At Marc Myers lists his 10 favorite big band recordings from 1958, including:
  • Count Basie: Chairman of the Board. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
  • Duke Ellington: The Cosmic Scene. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: On his birthday, July 29, Charlie Christian was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
• Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum: According to JazzTimes, Concord Music Group will release five new titles in its Original Jazz Classics Remasters series on September 17. These albums include:
  • Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: The Ellington Suites
  • Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker: Dizzy’s Big 4
  • Oscar Peterson & Stephane Grappelli: Skol
  • Art Tatum: The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 1.
• Herbie Hancock: According to JazzTimes, Columbia/Legacy Recordings will release Herbie Hancock: The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988, a 34-disc box set, on November 12.
• McCoy Tyner: George Colligan reviews the McCoy Tyner album, Soliloquy, at Jazz Truth. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

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Happy Birthday, Charlie Christian

Jazz guitarist Charlie Christian was born on July 29, 1916, in Bonham, Texas.

Christian was a key figure in the history of the electric guitar, and his technique helped establish the guitar as a legitimate solo instrument. He gained national exposure as a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra from August 1939 to June 1941 and was a major influence in the development of bebop and cool jazz. As Jazz critic Scott Yanow put it, "It can be said without exaggeration that virtually every jazz guitarist that emerged during 1940-65 sounded like a relative of Charlie Christian."

In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons recommends Christian's album, Solo Flight (Columbia CG 30779), but this has not been issued on CD or MP3. Instead, Jim Determan recommends the three alternatives listed below. As he notes, the box set "is the definitive reissue [but for] those wanting a single Charlie Christian CD, the first Columbia single CD makes a good choice." The third CD, according to Determan, "has good sextet material, but Christian's role is less prominent."

• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar, Box Set (Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia/Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian (Columbia/Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)

Christian plays "Airmail Special" with the Benny Goodman Sextet here:

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AccuJazz -- A Great Internet Streaming Radio Service

Thanks to this post at All About Jazz, I have been turned on to a marvelous jazz resource, the Internet streaming radio service AccuJazz.

AccuJazz has over 70 channels, all of which are available 24 hours per day and all of which are free. Just point your browser there, pick a channel, sit back, and listen. The channels cover just about any sub-genre of jazz that you can think of, everything from Old School to Avant Garde, with decade channels, instrument channels, and channels for specific artists included.

Two of the channels should interest readers of CoreJazz in particular. "Jazz 101" is a channel designed to educate newer jazz listeners, and "Top 50 Jazz Albums of All Time" is just what the title suggests, cuts from AccuJazz's list of the 50 best jazz albums ever.

The artists followed on this blog are well represented on the AccuJazz "Top 50 Jazz Albums of All Time" and include:

• Louis Armstrong - Hot Fives and Sevens Recordings
• Count Basie - Complete Atomic Basie
• Art Blakey - Moanin'
• Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Clifford Brown and Max Roach
• Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
• Charlie Christian - Genius of the Electric Guitar
• Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
• John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
• John Coltrane - Blue Train
• John Coltrane - Giant Steps
• Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
• Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
• Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
• Miles Davis - Milestones
• Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
• Duke Ellington - The Blanton-Webster Band
• Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby
• Ella Fitzgerald - Best of the Songbooks
• Erroll Garner - Concert By the Sea
• Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
• Coleman Hawkins - Body and Soul
• Billie Holiday and Lester Young - A Musical Romance
• Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert
• Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
• Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
• Charles Mingus - Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
• Thelonious Monk - Best of the Blue Note Years
• Charlie Parker - The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
• Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell
• Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
• Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
• Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
• Horace Silver - Song For My Father
• Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown

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Recent Links :: 12 May 2013

• Louis Armstrong: Ricky Riccardi discusses Louis Armstrong's 1933 recording of "Dusky Stevedore" at The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong. (The song is available on the album, The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)
• Clifford Brown, Charlie Christian, Fats Waller: At Groovenotes, Kevin Kniestedt discusses a planned film, "They Died Before 40," which includes Clifford Brown, Charlie Christian, and Fats Waller.
• Miles Davis: At Rolling Stone, R.J. Cubarrubia discusses plans by Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, and Paul McCartney to record together in the late 1960s.
• Benny Goodman: Jazz Lives shares a video of Benny Goodman playing with Buddy Rich, Jimmy Rowles, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Jack Six on the Merv Griffin Show in 1979.
• Keith Jarrett: On May 8, his birthday, Keith Jarrett was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
• John McLaughlin: Guitarist John McLaughlin just announced his first U.S. tour in three years, according to Jeff Tamarkin at JazzTimes.

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RIP, Charlie Christian (1916-1942)

Jazz guitarist Charlie Christian died on March 2, 1942, in New York City, a year after he contracted tuberculosis. He was just 25 years old. He is buried in the Gates Hill Cemetery in Bonham, Texas.

Christian was a key figure in the history of the electric guitar, and his technique helped establish the guitar as a legitimate solo instrument. He gained national exposure as a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra from August 1939 to June 1941 and was a major influence in the development of bebop and cool jazz.

In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons recommends Christian's album, Solo Flight (Columbia CG 30779), but this has not been issued on CD or MP3. Instead, Jim Determan recommends the three alternatives listed below. As he notes, the box set "is the definitive reissue [but for] those wanting a single Charlie Christian CD, the first Columbia single CD makes a good choice." The third CD, according to Determan, "has good sextet material, but Christian's role is less prominent."

• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar, Box Set (Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia/Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian (Columbia/Sony)
(Available at Amazon.com.)

Christian plays "Stompin' at the Savoy" here, from a performance at Minton's in New York in May 1941:

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Recent Links :: 23 November 2012

• Louis Armstrong: Ricky Riccardi discusses the 1927 Louis Armstrong recording, "Keyhole Blues," at The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong. ("Keyhole Blues" is on the CD, Hot Fives & Sevens, available from Amazon.com.)
• Louis Armstrong, Charlie Christian, Fats Waller: NPR Music Essentials features jazz cuts with a Thanksgiving theme, including Charlie Christian's "Flying Home" and Louis Armstrong's recording of the Fats Waller tune, "All That Meat and No Potatoes."

• John Coltrane: Open Culture shares a video of three European television programs from the 1960s that feature John Coltrane.
• John Coltrane, Charles Mingus: According to Elements of Jazz, Charles Mingus's Mingus Ah Um and John Coltrane's John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman have been added to The Recording Academy's 2013 Grammy Hall of Fame list of inductees. (Purchase Mingus Ah Um from Amazon.com. Purchase John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman from Amazon.com.)
• Billie Holiday: Marc Myers shares a BBC documentary on Billie Holiday at JazzWax.
• Sonny Rollins: John Fordham reviews the Sonny Rollins/Egberto Gismonti performance in London at The Guardian.

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Recent Links :: 16 October 2012

• Louis Armstrong: Ricky Riccardi announces the release of the Louis Armstrong album, Satchmo at Symphony Hall 65th Anniversary: The Complete Performances, at The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong. (Purchase Satchmo at Symphony Hall 65th Anniversary: The Complete Performances from Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: Do the Math shares a transcription of Charlie Christian on "Stompin' at the Savoy."
• Duke Ellington: Jazz Lives shares a video of Duke Ellington playing and singing his composition, "Moon Maiden, on the occasion of the 1969 moon landing.
• Bill Evans: Michael Conklin reviews the Bill Evans album, On Green Dolphin Street, at This Quiet Fire. (Purchase On Green Dolphin Street from Amazon.com.)
• Bill Evans: Michael Conklin reviews the Bill Evans album, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, at This Quiet Fire. (Purchase Everybody Digs Bill Evans from Amazon.com.)
• Sonny Rollins: At All About Jazz, Harry S. Pariser reviews the September 30 concert by Sonny Rollins in San Francisco.
• Cecil Taylor: John Kelman reviews the Cecil Taylor album, FLY! FLY! FLY! FLY! FLY!, at All About Jazz. (Purchase FLY! FLY! FLY! FLY! FLY! from Amazon.com.)

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Recent Links :: 31 July 2012

• Charlie Christian: On July 29, his birthday, Charlie Christian was the Jazz Musician of the Day at All About Jazz.
• John Coltrane: NPR Music has a piece on efforts to preserve John Coltrane's home in Dix Hills, 40 miles east of New York City.
• John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver: According to JazzTimes, Blue Note/EMI has released six classic jazz albums in high definition, master-quality audio on HDtracks. These include John Coltrane’s Blue Train, Eric Dolphy’s Out To Lunch, Herbie Hancock’s Maiden Voyage, Wayne Shorter’s Speak No Evil, and Horace Silver’s Song for My Father.
• Miles Davis: Miles Davis Online links to a 1955 article Miles Davis by Nat Hentoff in Downbeat.
• Bill Evans: Among the top 50 jazz albums for the week of 30 July 2012 was Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate by the Bill Evans Trio. (Purchase the CD, Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate, at Amazon.com.)
• Charles Mingus: Nat Hentoff writes about Charles Mingus in The Wall Street Journal.

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Happy Birthday, Charlie Christian

Jazz guitarist Charlie Christian was born on July 29, 1916, in Bonham, Texas.

Christian was a key figure in the history of the electric guitar, and his technique helped establish the guitar as a legitimate solo instrument. He gained national exposure as a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra from August 1939 to June 1941 and was a major influence in the development of bebop and cool jazz. As Jazz critic Scott Yanow put it, "It can be said without exaggeration that virtually every jazz guitarist that emerged during 1940-65 sounded like a relative of Charlie Christian."

In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons recommends Christian's album, Solo Flight (Columbia CG 30779), but this has not been issued on CD or MP3. Instead, Jim Determan recommends the three alternatives listed below. As he notes, the box set "is the definitive reissue [but for] those wanting a single Charlie Christian CD, the first Columbia single CD makes a good choice." The third CD, according to Determan, "has good sextet material, but Christian's role is less prominent."

• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar, Box Set (Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia/Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Christian: The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian (Columbia/Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)

Christian plays "Airmail Special" with the Benny Goodman Sextet here:

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RIP, Charlie Christian (1916-1942)

Jazz guitarist Charlie Christian (1916-1942) died on March 2, 1942, in New York City, a year after he contracted tuberculosis. He was just 25 years old. He is buried in the Gates Hill Cemetery in Bonham, Texas.

Christian was a key figure in the history of the electric guitar, and his technique helped establish the guitar as a legitimate solo instrument. He gained national exposure as a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra from August 1939 to June 1941 and was a major influence in the development of bebop and cool jazz.

In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons recommends Christian's album, Solo Flight (Columbia CG 30779), but this has not been issued on CD or MP3. Instead, Jim Determan recommends the three alternatives listed below. As he notes, the box set "is the definitive reissue [but for] those wanting a single Charlie Christian CD, the first Columbia single CD makes a good choice." The third CD, according to Determan, "has good sextet material, but Christian's role is less prominent."

• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar, Box Set (Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
  
• Charlie Christian: Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia/Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
  
• Charlie Christian: The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian (Columbia/Sony) (Available at Amazon.com.)
  

Christian plays "Swing to Bop" in 1941 here:

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Recent Links :: October 17, 2011

• Louis Armstrong: The late Gösta Hägglöf's collection has been donated to the Louis Armstrong House Museum in New York, according to Ricky Riccardi at The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong.
  
• Anthony Braxton: Howard Mandel discusses Anthony Braxton's new music at Jazz Beyond Jazz and at NPR Music .
  
• Charlie Christian: Guitarist Charlie Christian's music is featured on Riverwalk Jazz.
  
• Chick Corea: According to JazzTimes, Chick Corea will play a month-long residency at New York's Blue Note.
  
• Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins: John Fordham reviews two recent Impulse Records re-issues at The Guardian: Charles Mingus's The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady and Sonny Rollins's Impulse 2-on-1: On Impulse! / There Will Never Be Another You. (Purchase the CD, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, at Barnes & Noble. Purchase the CD, Impulse 2-on-1: On Impulse! / There Will Never Be Another You, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Thelonious Monk: Open Culture features a brilliant 90-minute documentary on Thelonious Monk.
  
• Thelonious Monk: Arthur Magazine Archive features a copy of Thelonious Monk's advice to his musicians, written down by saxophonist Steve Lacy. (Uncertain Times has more on these notes in a December 2008 post.)
  
• Sonny Rollins: Tavis Smiley interviews Sonny Rollins.
  
• McCoy Tyner: Lawrence Peryer provides a playlist of 10 McCoy Tyner pieces from 1959 to 1960 at All ABout Jazz.
  

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Recent Links :: August 17

• Bix Beiderbecke: LandmarkHunter.com features the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial in Davenport, Iowa.
  
• Charlie Christian: Michael Leonard discusses Charlie Christian, "The First Guitar Hero," at Gibson Lifestyle.
  
• John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins: Tim Niland reviews Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins and Duke Ellington and John Coltrane at Music and More. (Purchase the CD, Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins and Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Bill Evans: The Keep Swinging blog reviews the Bill Evans album, The Sesjun Radio Shows. (Purchase the CD, The Sesjun Radio Shows, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson: John Bergstrom has a nice piece on the album, Ella and Oscar, at PopMatters. (Purchase the CD, Ella and Oscar, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Freddie Hubbard: Jeff Krow reviews Freddie Hubbard's album, Hub Cap, at Audiophile Audition. (Purchase the CD, Hub Cap, at Barnes & Noble: SACD or CD.)
  
• Freddie Hubbard: Larry Taylor reviews the new Freddie Hubbard album, Pinnacle: Live and Unreleased from Keystone Korner, at All About Jazz. (Purchase the CD, Pinnacle: Live and Unreleased from Keystone Korner, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Airto Moreira: All About Jazz announces the reissue of Airto's album, Fingers. (Purchase the CD, Fingers, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Joe Pass: Vivoscene discusses the Joe Pass album, For Django. (Purchase the CD, For Django, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Sonny Rollins: Greg Simmons reviews the Sonny Rollins 1957 album, Newk's Time, at All About Jazz. (Purchase the CD, Newk's Time, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Sarah Vaughan: JazzWax has a rich discussion of the Roulette years of singer Sarah Vaughan.
  

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Recent Links :: July 29

• Mose Allison: Ken Smith has a great in-depth look at Mose Allison at Properganda.
  
• Louis Armstrong: Ricky Riccardi provides some cuts to listen to while reading chapter 3 of his new biography of Satchmo, What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years.
  
• Art Blakey: Anthony Franceschi writes about discovering the music of Art Blakey.
  
• Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk: Palaverer has a very perceptive review of Richard Cook's book, Blue Note Records: The Biography, particularly Cook's take on Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey. (Purchase Richard Cook's book, Blue Note Records: The Biography, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Charlie Christian: July 29 is the birthday of jazz guitarist Charlie Christian, and All About Jazz has a short piece about him as their "Jazz Musician of the Day."
  
• Ornette Coleman: C. Michael Bailey reviews the 1959 Ornette Coleman album, Tomorrow is the Question! at All About Jazz. (Purchase the CD, Tomorrow is the Question!, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Miles Davis: Stuart Nicholson reviews the Miles Davis album, Tutu, at JazzWise magazine. (Purchase the CD, Tutu, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Lionel Hampton: Marc Myers has a nice piece on the reed section in Lionel Hampton's 1945 band at JazzWax.
  
• Earl Hines: Mike Conklin discusses the life and music of Earl Hines at Handful of Keys: The History of Jazz Piano.
  
• Keith Jarrett: John Fordham reviews the Keith Jarrett Trio's concert at Royal Festival Hall, London, in The Guardian.
  
• Modern Jazz Quartet: Joseph Taylor has an excellent piece on the Modern Jazz Quartet at SoundStage!HI-FI.
  
• Joe Pass: There's a discussion about jazz guitarist Joe Pass on the Jazz Guitar Forum.
  
• McCoy Tyner: Pianist McCoy Tyner will play the Johannesburg jazz festival in August, according to The Johannesburg Citizen.
  

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