The Best Jazz Web Links: December 2008

The Village Voice fires Nat Hentoff Hentoff had been with the periodical for fifty years.	The Village Voice picks jazz highlights of 08 Sonny Rollins does well; Nat Hentoff not so well.
Jazz elder statesmen still top the charts Hank Jones and James Moody continue their lock on the top spot in the Jazz Week charts.	Freddie Hubbard on "Cantaloupe Island" Video captures trumpeter with Herbie Hancock on one of their signature tunes.
Freddie Hubbard dead at age 70 The trumpeter had suffered a heart attack on Nov. 26.	Freddie Hubbard on The Tonight Show Hubbard is featured on a rare network TV appearance.
Al Cohn lives on Jazz Lives blog celebrates the late tenorist.	Lionel Loueke on NPR The guitarists talks with Farai Chideya.
Latin jazz highlights of 2008 The Latin Jazz Corner reviews the year.	Rare video of Bird and Diz Bop icons perform "Hot House."
Grammy salute to Blue Note Records Grammy week will include celebration of label's 70th birthday.	Herbie Hancock as jazz cartoon hero Pianist serves as animated guide to the art form in Journeys Into Jazz.
Eartha Kitt dead at age 81 Kitt made her mark as a singer, actress & celebrity.	Proposed jazz musician bailout Is it time for a jazz stimulus package?
Smooth Jazz from the Sultan of Brunei What does a Sultan give a President?	Page Cavanaugh dead at age 86 The pianist worked with Frank Sinatra and Jack Paar
The Wall Street Journal profiles pianist McCoy Tyner Will Friedwald talks with the keyboard titan.	What do you do when your 10,000 albums disappear? A fan loses his recordings, and almost loses his mind.
Talking with Quincy Jones Phil Bronstein chats with the jazz-pop maestro.	Bird in Bronze, 18 ft. high Your jazz tour should include this KC memorial.
The best shows of 2008 David Adler saw almost 200, and picks the finest.	Clip features Ben Webster & Teddy Wilson One day there'll be no more old folks. . . .
End-of-year letter from Fred Hersch Do the Math shares a moving missive.	Four Brothers = Two Violins Rifftides highlights a stirring video.
The Latin side of Steve Turre Nate Chinen reports in The New York Times.	Talking with Aaron Parks Phil Freeman meets up with the talented pianist.
Bill Evans in Helsinki This may be the best video of Bill Evans on the web.	Thelonious Alone in San Francisco JazzWax looks back at a classic session.
Tony Bennett at the Apollo Theater Don't just listen . . . watch his hands.	Ornette Coleman's jacket put up on eBay Dress like a free jazz icon for only $799.
Let there be peace in the jazz world . . . And may it begin on the Do the Math blog.	Vocalist Frances Lynne dead at age 82 Doug Ramsey remembers the singer at Rifftides.
Interview with Wynton Marsalis Do the Math publishes a smart dialogue with Marsalis that actually focuses on . . . music.	The best jazz reissues of 2008 The All Music Blog highlights 25 notable releases from the last twelve months.
Talking with Teddy Charles JazzWax looks back at classic early 1950s recordings by the vibraphonist.	Editor of Modern Drummer dead at 47 Bill Miller rose from intern to editor-in-chief over a period of two decades.
Video captures Joe Lovano at the Vanguard Bret Primack shares an installment of his video blog Joe Lovano: In the Music.	Drummer Omar Clay dead at age 73 Clay worked with Charles Mingus, Horace Silver and many other jazz stars.
Pat Metheny will tour as computer-empowered one-man-band Guitarist plans high tech "Evening with Pat Metheny."	Coming to Oberlin: the Harvey Pekar jazz opera Dan Plonsey provides music; wives star as themselves.
Revisiting Dave Brubeck's Time Out Dave Hill looks at a controversial jazz hit record.	Zappa plays Zappa Dweezil Zappa performs his famous father's music.
Rare & Unusual Sax Stuff Dig the acrylic alto, the sax kazoo and other oddities.	Roy Hargrove in concert The trumpeter brings his quintet to the Jazz Showcase.
The Mount Rushmore of Smooth Jazz Blogger asks: "When did jazz go sour?"	Talking with Christian Scott The trumpeter talks to the Los Angeles Times.
Ten moments of jazz genius Marc Myers shares some personal favorites.	Miguel Zenón returns to his roots Saxophonist probes Puerto Rican musical traditions.
Does the Kennedy Center hate jazz? Why no jazz honorees in more than a decade?	Hank Jones and James Moody on top again. Jazz elder statesmen hold on to #1 slot.
Diana Krall to release Brazilian CD Quiet Nights is scheduled for March release.	Stanley Crouch on O.J. Simpson The critic provocateur comments on the verdict.
Avishai Cohen at the Jazz Standard Nate Chinen reviews the trumpeter in concert.	Remembering Kenny Davern Monk Rowe celebrates a trad jazz master.
Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard in critical condition Jazz legend in intensive care after heart failure.	Looking back at the best Latin jazz CDs of 2008 Chip Boaz reviews the 'best of the year' nominees.
Loren Schoenberg on Benny Goodman A noted jazz expert looks back at the late swing star.	Remembering Jack Teagarden Peter Zinn writes about the trombonist / singer.
The jazz Grammy nominations Don Heckman ponders the nominees.	Benny Goodman's Columbia years JazzWax celebrates the King of Swing.
Who are the heroes of jazz 20-somethings? Peter Hum looks for the new jazz icons.	Clint Eastwood sings Dirty Harry shows a different side.
Jazz senior citizens rule the charts Hank Jones and James Moody stay on top.	Odetta dead at age 77 Singer was a key player in the civil rights movement.
The best tenor you never heard Night Lights celebrates the music of J.R. Monterose.	Ahmad Jamal at the Dakota Bebopified reports on the proceedings.
Howard Mandel's top 10 jazz CDs for 2008 Critic offers his picks at Jazz Beyond Jazz.	Interview with Benny Powell JazzWax talks with the trombonist.