The Best Jazz Web Links: January 2009

Hank Crawford dead at age 74 Crawford's passing comes just a week after the death of his former colleague, David "Fathead" Newman.	Bobby McFerrin and Cantus in concert Pamela Espeland reports on nine men in somber suits and one man in jeans with graying dreads.
Peter Cincotti takes a new direction CNN reports on the crooner's turnabout.	Remembering the Sauter-Finegan band JazzWax looks at great neglected ensemble.
Historic New Orleans jazz site coming back to life Larry Blumenfeld reports on Louis Armstrong Park.	Blue Note Records increasingly looking outside of jazz "Norah Jones broke down that wall for us."
Eyewitness recalls Massey Hall concert 1953 event brought together 5 legendary boppers.	Art Tatum monument coming to Toledo Target completion date is Tatum's 100th birthday.
The Benny Golson songbook David Brent Johnson looks at a major jazz composer.	Blue Note 7 jump to the top of the charts 80-year-old Benny Golson takes the second spot.
Advice to an unhappy jazz pianist These tips come from an anonymous Grammy winner.	Lenny Bruce, jazz fan The "Jazz Video Guy" looks at the jazz side of Lenny.
The Great American Songbook keeps growing and growing . . . Stephen Holden reports in The New York Times.	A memorable mystery recording from the West Coast JazzWax celebrates a mid-1950s classic.
Terry Teachout discusses his much anticipated Louis Armstrong book Pops: The Life of Louis Armstrong is coming out this fall.	Kenny Barron receives BNY Mellon Jazz 2008 Living Legacy Award The pianist is honored at the Kennedy Center.
Duo reinvent music of Coltrane-Hartman Nate Chinen reviews Kurt Elling and Ernie Watts.	The Blue Note 7 at Royce Hall Don Heckman reports on the proceedings.
Why don't black folks listen to jazz? The AfroChat forum offers a frank and heated dialogue.	When white people become black Baz Dreisinger looks at the ultimate crossover.
Every jazz musician is a comedian Cheech & Chong claim their comedy came out of jazz.	Jazz masquerading as bluegrass You must check out the artistry of Chris Thile.
Billie Holiday at the end of her career Marc Myers sizes up Lady in Satin.	The life and times of Bud Shank Steve Cerra's Jazz Profiles looks at the veteran altoist.
Do musicians care about sound quality? Steve Guttenberg says no.	David "Fathead" Newman on YouTube The saxophonist plays his trademark tune "Hard Times."
David "Fathead" Newman dead at age 75 The saxophonist succumbs to pancreatic cancer.	Booker Little and Jazz Mythology David Hill wonders why a great trumpeter is forgotten.
Paris jazz ex-pats reflect on Obama Jazz exiles wonder if the US has changed.	Remembering Dizzy at the White House Video from 1982 captures a great DC jazz moment.
Jazz and the inauguration Wynton Marsalis and other jazz allstars celebrate.	Quincy Jones as Secretary of the Arts? Don Heckman suggests a cabinet appointment.
Major jazz promoter in financial trouble Festival Network promotes many of the largest jazz events in the US—will festivals be canceled?	Moody's in the mood for a Grammy 83-year-old saxophonist talks about his career and recent Grammy nomination.
Kurt Rosenwinkel at the Jazz Showcase Howard Reich reports on the gig.	Talking with Aaron Parks The pianist chats with KPLU.
David S. Ware needs a kidney donor The saxophonist requires a transplant.	Was this the great bop fantasy band? Buddy DeFranco remembers the Metronome All-Stars.
How jazz helped the civil-rights movement Nat Hentoff reports in The Wall Street Journal.	The 11 best albums . . . of 1959 Was this the best year ever for American music?
More awesome tapes from Africa Turn off the TV tonight, and check out a hot tape from Mali instead.	From Ron Steinman's notebooks 1954-55 The TV and documentary producer shares some jazz moments.
What is jazz? Sid Caesar offers a definition.	Talking with Roger Kellaway Riveting Riffs meets with a riveting pianist.
Gene Krupa would turn 100 this week Everybody forgot . . . except Michael Steinman, who commemorates the occasion.	Jazz CD shopping in Paris Marc Myers shells out some €s, and describes his purchases.
Blue Note's new all-star band Rifftides reviews the Blue Note 7.	The jazz label of love Writer looks back at Fantasy Records.
Does Satchmo have a singing grandson? Australian vocalist claims to be the "love-child" grandson of Louis Armstrong.	NY Times critic answers tough questions Who are the greats of tomorrow? Why isn't the jazz audience bigger?
How cool is Monterey? Bret Primack (the Jazz Video Guy) will show you.	The parameters of jazz now Howard Mandel is the peripatetic jazz critic.
A film of Charley Patton & Willie Brown? Or perhaps just a carefully worded hoax?	Filling the gap left by IAJE The jazz world looks for a replacement.
When Bono talked to Sinatra about Miles And what did they say?	Famous jazz club wants less jazz Yoshi's changes its music mix.
Film looks at jazz rebels in the Soviet Union Jazz was the art form of the enemy.	21 lessons from Zen and jazz Garr Reynolds takes a philosophical turn.
$4 million jazz museum plans 2010 opening Old US MInt will house the New Orleans attraction.	"There's no such thing as hip-hop jazz" Trombonist claims the two styles don't mix.
Ronnie Scott's plans web-based clubbing The jazz club cleans up its finances and looks to new media for growth.	Talking with Bill Frisell Frisell is inspired by Beethoven, a frog in a pond and trucks crashing.
Facebook fans pick their 10 favorite jazz CDs You will find the usual suspects here.	Hentoff's last column for The Village Voice Hentoff departs after fifty years.
Another radio station gets rid of jazz No more "Jazz Connection" in Minnesota.	Talking with Ben Sidran The pianist / singer talks with Brad Wheeler.
Jazz at Lincoln Center closes gift shop Schaap's space will be put to other uses.	Dizzy Gillespie the Healer Nat Hentoff looks at the Gillespie Cancer Institute.
Blue Note at 70 Doug Ramsey discusses Blue Note's birthday band.	Looking back at 70s-era Bobby Hutcherson David Brent Johnson celebrates Mr. Good Vibes.
10 Latin jazz takes on Freddie Hubbard Chip Boaz offers a different angle on the late trumpeter.	Free advice from Thelonious Monk "You’ve got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Another jazz festival runs into problems This time it is in Jacksonville.	Tokyo bureaucrats play jazz at Birdland Most of the band are municipal workers in Japan.
Talking with Jimmy Cobb JazzWax meets the Kind of Blue veteran.	Remembering pianist Herbie Nichols Nichols would have turned 90 this week.
Courtney Pine honored with the CBE Call him Commander of the Order of the British Empire.	When Cab Calloway visited Sesame Street. The Muppets join in on "Hi De Ho."
Rainbow Room falls on hard times Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and other jazz legends have played here.	Would you pay $19,999.00 for a jazz photo? Then maybe you could own a dog-eared autographed picture of Lonnie Johnson.
Wooing the ladies with a trombone Comedian David Crowe looks at the highs and lows of playing the bone.	Dave Douglas on Freddie Hubbard Douglas explains why Hubbard was more imitated than Miles Davis.
The shape of jazz to come . . . in 2009 Peter Hum anticipates the next year in jazz.	The Bad Plus at the Dakota Bebopified reports on the proceedings.
A basic jazz starter kit Eric Snider suggests 10 CDs for newbies.	Do you need to demagnetize your jazz LPs? Fred Kaplan says yes.
The freedom of Anthony Braxton He recorded 154 albums from 1968 to 2008, but good luck trying to find most of them.	The secret to great soloing Bill Harrison advises that it's not just rhythm and notes: "Let it breathe."