Around The Jazz Internet: July 16, 2010

Happy weekend. Some items that went unmentioned this week:

• Can we just say that Rafi Zabor, author of the novel The Bear Comes Home, is an amazing writer? He eulogizes his friend, critic/trombonist Mike Zwerin, at length for JJA News.
• Earlier this week, Carlos Santana proposed marriage onstage to his drummer Cindy Blackman, known also as a jazz drummer. Of course, she said yes.
• Anybody in London know anything about the weekly residency/website Jazzre:freshed? News to this side of the pond.
• The late Harvey Pekar on jazz, from The Atlantic.
• Not particularly timely, but still interesting: one man's Top Ten Ran Blake records.
• The same applies for this touching remembrance of exiled South African pianist Chris McGregor, written by his brother. This is reprinted from 1992, within two years of McGregor's death.
• Hey Seattle: is this "Basically Basie" proposal a good idea?
• On George Wein, what the audience wants to hear, and what the audience does. Chinen, Stephenson.
• Lady Gaga sings ... Gershwin? On The Today Show?
• Destination: Out remembers Bill Dixon.
• JazzWax speaks with iconic jazz LP cover designer Paul Bacon.
• The Checkout this week features Dan Weiss, Bruce Barth and Steve Wilson, and a highlight from our Craig Taborn concert.

Also, more jazz at NPR Music:

• It's Too Darn Hot, but not for jazz.
• Mose Allison gives us a Favorite Session, from WFUV in New York.
• Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz this week features the young pianist Romain Collin.
• JazzSet this week features Miguel Zenon and Vijay Iyer, recorded (separately) last year at Newport.
• The John Jorgenson Quintet on Mountain Stage.
• The Neel Murgai Ensemble on NPR's Song Of The Day.
• Once more, we ask: where's the best jazz on YouTube?