- JazzTimes will resume publication in August.
- Will Friedwald reviews Lucky Thompson and Jimmy Rushing at the Half Note.
- A photo exhibit of America's Cold War jazz ambassadors.
- Terry Teachout on one of my favorite soundtracks, Chinatown, which will be featured in an upcoming Night Lights show.
- Filed under "I-did-not-know-that": the organ solo on Michael Jackson's "Bad" was played by Jimmy Smith.