The Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel, a top Manhattan jazz and cabaret room, has closed. The Times. The Journal. Here's Murray Horwitz for NPR on the dying art of cabaret.
Rudy Van Gelder, up for what is essentially a lifetime achievement Grammy, in the WSJ. Marc Myers also wrote about Benny Golson for the Journal, though that piece is behind the paywall. His blog JazzWaxhas more Golson bits.
Keyon Harrold, trumpeter, talks gigging with Cirque du Soleil in St. Louis' alt-weekly. (Five months of rehearsal!)
Spotify: a jazz fan's perspective. In the San Diego Reader. Purely on programming terms ? not having to do with royalty disagreements.
H.R. 658 was passed through Congress this week. Among other things, it includes provisions that make U.S. commercial flights allow musical instruments on board. Musicians are celebrating.