Recent Links :: 7 May 2015

Louis Armstrong: At Jazz Lives, Michael Steinman discusses his love for Louis Armstrong and shares clips of Armstrong performing "It's All in the Game" and "On a Coconut Island."

Dave Brubeck: As part of the "Falling in Love Supreme" series on Capital Public Radio, educator Roy Childs talks about hearing Dave Brubeck for the first time.

Ornette Coleman: The Notes You Don't Play shares an interview with Ornette Coleman.

John Coltrane, Milt Jackson: New Jazz United shares a clip of Milt Jackson and the John Coltrane Quintet playing "Three Little Words." (The song is available on the album, `Bags & Trane, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

Duke Ellington: Chris Mosey reviews Duke Elllington and His Orchestra: The Treasury Shows, Volume 19 at All About Jazz. (Purchase the album from Storyville Records.)

Bill Evans: At JazzWax, Marc Myers discusses Bill Evans's recording, "The Dolphin." (The song is available on the album, From Left to Right, which can be purchased from Amazon.com.)

Keith Jarrett: John Kelman reviews Keith Jarrett's album, Creation, at All About Jazz. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Wayne Shorter: At Zeal Jazz & Cabaret News & Reviews, Dan Ouelette shares his notes from interviews with Wayne Shorter.

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Recent Links :: 5 March 2015

Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Hendricks, Milt Jackson, Dave Lambert, Thelonious Monk, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Annie Ross: At All About Jazz, Chris M. Slawecki provides a list of bebop albums, including:

• Art Blakey Quintet: A Night at Birdland Vol. 1. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Miles Davis: Bags' Groove. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Dizzy Gillespie: Shaw Nuff. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Milt Jackson / Wes Montgomery: Bags Meets Wes! (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: The Hottest New Group In Jazz. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Thelonious Monk: The Complete Blue Note Recordings. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Parker: Bird: The Savoy Recordings: Master Takes. (Purchase the album — vinyl only — from Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Live Performances. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie: Diz 'N' Bird at Carnegie Hall. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Bud Powell: The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• The Quintet, Vol. 1: The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever (Jazz at Massey Hall). (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Miles Davis: St. Louis Jazz Notes celebrates the 56th anniversary of Miles Davis's first Kind of Blue recording session. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)

Dizzy Gillespie: At Rifftides, Doug Ramsey discusses Dizzy Gillespie's 1987 concert in Stuttgart, Germany. (The complete 1987 session is available on YouTube.)

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Happy Birthday, Milt Jackson

Jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson was born on January 1, 1923, in Detroit, Michigan.  Jackson is best known as a member — and, according to Len Lyons, the "showpiece" — of the Modern Jazz Quartet.

As Lyons notes, Jackson was "a spontaneous player and personality" and was "'emotionally contrapuntal' to the austere, restrained [John] Lewis."  In fact, the differences between Jackson and Lewis led to the former's departure from the Modern Jazz Quartet in 1974.

In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons recommends the Modern Jazz Quartet's album, European Concert (Atlantic).  The album is available from Amazon.com.

Jackson is highlighted here at the Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival in 1986 on his composition, "Bags' Groove":

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RIP, Milt Jackson (1923-1999)

Jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson died on October 9, 1999, in Manhattan, New York.  He is buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York.

Jackson is best known as a member — and, according to Len Lyons, the "showpiece" — of the Modern Jazz Quartet.  As Lyons notes, Jackson was "a spontaneous player and personality" and was "'emotionally contrapuntal' to the austere, restrained [John] Lewis."  The differences between Jackson and Lewis led to the former's departure from the Modern Jazz Quartet in 1974.

In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons recommends the Modern Jazz Quartet's album, European Concert (Atlantic).  The album is available from Amazon.com.

Jackson is highlighted here at the Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival in 1986 on "Bags' Groove":

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