Before we continue, an announcement: NPR Music is video webcasting live jazz twice next week. Tuesday, we've got Mark Turner's quartet at the Village Vanguard. Wednesday, is the debut of The Checkout: Live From 92Y Tribeca, with Dan Tepfer, hosted here on A Blog Supreme. Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming:
The Guardian has written a history of modern music. There's an ultimate playlist and a list of 50 key moments. Time to argue!
Musician on musician interviews: George Colligan on Ralph Peterson. Jaleel Shaw on Mark Turner.
Nextbop is streaming the new album from vibraphonist Chris Dingman this week.
Kevin Whitehead explains where you can hear early jazz free on the Internet, for the Oxford University Press blog.
The avant-garde jazz record label AUM Fidelity turns 15. Here's Tad Hendrickson for the Wall Street Journal, and Brad Cohan for the Village Voice.
The Ars Nova Workshop in Philadelphia recently produced an festival celebrating the AACM, and commissioned a few stories by top jazz journalists for their blog. Day late and a dollar short for the concerts (sorry), but the blog posts still live.
The Undead Jazzfest approaches. There's a business story there, but one oughtn't forget: It's still gonna be massive.
All of the Charles Mingus Triumph of the Underdog documentary is now online. H/T Elements Of Jazz.
A nice Howard Reich/Chicago Tribune story on the Jazz Record Mart — venerable Chicago institution.
Jazz Online speaks with drummer Harvey Mason about his early years.
More coverage of the Rochester jazz festival, from the Democrat and Chronicle.
The New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park has opened in Louis Armstrong Park, in the Treme neighborhood of the Crescent City. A local TV report.
In Japan, jazz heals.
When "jazz" first appeared in Webster's Dictionary. (Hint: It was 1927.)
A bunch of musicians and journalists played some records for each other the other day in Brooklyn. Looked like fun.
940 saxophonists in Australia.
All About Jazz features trumpeter/composer Anthony Branker and bassist Kyle Eastwood — yes, that Eastwood.
Destination: Out features George E. Lewis a second week!
JazzWax has a variety of features up, including posts on Art Pepper and Ornette Coleman.
The Jazz Session speaks with saxophonist Craig Handy, bassist Ben Gallina and drummer Lukas Ligeti — yes, that Ligeti.
The Checkout this week features Monty Alexander's Harlem-Kingston Express band in studio, plus interviews with Erik Friedlander and Aaron Goldberg and Guillermo Klein.
Elsewhere at NPR Music:
Hear all of Ninety Miles, the new made-in-Cuba album from Stefon Harris, David Sanchez and Christian Scott, through the First Listen series.
The Checkout's Monty Alexander reggae meets jazz session is featured at NPR Music.
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz this week features a session with Bucky and John Pizzarelli.
JazzSet this week airs a Randy Weston set.
Song Of The Day spotlights The Bad Plus.
The NPR Communications blog has posted on KPLU's award-winning School of Jazz educational program.
This is an interview with a horn player for indie rock bands. He's very good, and is also an interesting story, because how many other jazz-trained saxophonists move to New York and find themselves in the same position?
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