Jazz pianist Hank Jones worked with Bennie Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster and Billie Holliday. He knew Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker. While his peers struggled with drugs and alcohol and ended up dead, Jones managed to “Never smoked. Never drank. Never run around with wild women—tame ones,” he told NPR.

Happy birthday Mr. Jones. Stay clean and nimble!

A fellow designer has some wicked drawings in his gallery.

BusinessWeek‘s How Top Bloggers Earn Money.

Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane departed today forty years ago, yet his music and style continue to impact the world of jazz. Many players emulate his techniques, but no one has surpassed the legend. Trane was indeed a Fearless Leader, and the six-disc set from Prestige reflects it. The sessions recorded within a year and a half (between 1956 and 1957) testify Trane’s artistic vision and fearlessness of expansion. For this special occasion, Fearless Leader makes a perfect retrospection.

The International Herald Tribune website gets a new clean and streamlined makeover.

The cover of XXL‘s 10th Anniversary issue should have read: Baby & Lil Wayne: Survival of the Filthiest.

AZ and Cormega’s new joint.

Don’t be fooled by the title.

Word is bond. The prince of Viet pop is getting scooped up. Some dreams have already shattered, and more to come. Congratulations and welcome to America, dude!

Kim whose song “Choi Het Minh” was selected for 2007 Asian Cup told Viet Nam News that she has “been rhymin’ since [she] was in the hood.”