The best jazz web links: feb 2008
Below are the best jazz web links featured on jazz.com during February 2008.
Can a computer learn to compose ragtime that sounds like its by Scott Joplin?David Cope thinks so. Listen to this sound file and decide for yourself. (Click on the tiny arrow next to 8.2.) 
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Is Jessica Williams a jazz blogger or a jazz pianist?Don't be silly . . . She's both! Check out the great new video on her website. 
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This is Your Brain on JazzStudy finds jazz musicians turn off self-censoring in their brains. (You already guessed that, huh?) 
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An Interview with Carol SloaneThe Jazz My Two Cents Worth blog features the great jazz singer. 
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Jazz scene in Seattle: Is there a Resurgence?Live jazz is on the rise throughout Pacific Northwest - and not just at the Portland Jazz Festival. 
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An economics professor has a visionary plan for jazz in IndiaHe wants musicians to emulate the successful Indian film industry? Is a jazz Bollywood in the works? 
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The World's Greatest Record CollectionIt's still available for purchase after a $3 million eBay bid prove to be fraudulent. 
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Test your jazz IQA regular feature on Jazz Review tells you how much of a jazz fanatic you really are. 
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Can a visiting jazz singer turn a Malaysian hotel band into a cool combo?An on-going blog from a five star hotel in Penang, Malaysia. 
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Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie share the stage on a YouTube videoTwo jazz legends swinging on the twelve bar blues from a 1979 broadcast. 
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Jazz record producer Teo Macero dead at age 82Macero produced classic LPs by Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck and others. 
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More than one thousand Blue Note album coversCDs may have replaced the old LP, but album cover art from pre-digital era will never go out of date. 
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Jazz world confronts healthcare concernsUninsured musicians struggling to pay their medical bills. 
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The latest updates from the Portland Jazz FestivalCoverage of a solo performance by Cecil Taylor and more. 
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The daughter of music critic Robert Palmer plans a film about his Jajouka pilgrimageBut ten years after Palmer's death, the project remains uncompleted. 
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Jazz Improv TV offers videos, performances, interviews and moreA great resource for musicians who want to improve their skills and expand their knowledge base. 
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Jazzwax's Marc Myers Interviews tenorist Sonny RollinsRollins decides not to release Carnegie Hall concert. 
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Cuban jazz musician Paquito D'Rivera comments on Fidel Castro's resignationDoes not expect the move to result in significant change. 
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Salon Debates: Rock versus JazzYou can play jazz for a “career,” but be ready to spend your days wiping off table four. 
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The Charlie Parker ResidenceThis historic landmark, at 151 Avenue B, was home to the altoist from 1950-54. 
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Remarkable Nine Year Old TrumpeterBut who knows his name? (Thanks to Douglas Sisler) 
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Doug Ramsey finds the next Gerry MulliganIn Spain, no less. Check out Joan Chamorro. 
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Ben Ratliff of The New York Times takes on Smooth JazzAnd finds some disarray in the kingdom of Kenny G. 
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Marc Myers Talks with saxophonist Yusef LateefA rare interview with this exceptional musician. 
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Portland celebrates OrnetteA celebration of 50 years of Coleman recordings. 
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“The Jazz Scene Today"According to Down Beat in 1954. 
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Guitar Heroes TV GuideWith all of the guitarists from A to Z available for viewing. 
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A Great Day in HarlemAn interactive version of the famous photo. 
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The Future of Jazz – as predicted on television 50 years agoForget the prophecy; check out the music. 
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FBI terror informants bring down a Bronx jazz musicianFour years of surveillance lead to an arrest. 
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