by Patrick Jarenwattananon

So much so that we needed our own link dump.

1. NPR Music/ABS contributor Josh Jackson, of WBGO, is all over our Internets today. First and foremost, he spoke with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen last week about some of this fall's best new jazz releases. Included in the program and podcast are cuts from Gretchen Parlato, Ben Allison, Stefon Harris, Miguel Zenon, Jason Lindner and Robert Glasper. Check it out: The Year's Best New Jazz

2. Josh Jackson also filed this week's Take Five weekly jazz sampler, taking as its point of departure a fall delight: apples. Really: Big Apple Jazz: Five Picks From The Orchard. Hey, if it allows us to put Charlie Parker's "Scrapple From The Apple" and Fletcher Henderson's "Stealin' Apples" (with Chu Berry and Roy Eldridge) online, I'm all for it.

3. Ran Blake madness! Boston-based reporter Andrea Shea spoke to pianist Ran Blake for a profile of Gunther Schuller this spring. Now, she's done a piece on the distinctive pianist (and film-obsessive) himself: Ran Blake: A Blur Of Film Noir, Improvisation. For those like me who were moved by his haunting solo piano disc Driftwoods, from earlier this year, WGBH also recorded him in his only performance of 2009. Check out this solo set: Ran Blake: Solo, In Concert

4. I'm glad that Banning Eyre reviewed Slavic Soul Party's new album Taketron on All Things Considered today: Slavic Soul Party: The Bayou Meets Bratislava. It may not be "jazz" per se, but it's a big brass band that features some great instrumentalists — many of whom have a hand or two in the jazz scene — and judging from its Tuesday night residency at Barbes, they're fun as all-get-out. (Pair that with Jenny Scheinman's residency in the early set, and you have a lot of good music to go see in Park Slope on Tuesday nights. Related: Jenny Scheinman: Live At The Village Vanguard.) Let us also take a moment to remember the late percussionist and band member Take Toriyama, whom Slavic Soul Party's new album is ostensibly named after. Hopefully, any attention this album gets serves his memory well.