Guardian Music — He cackles like Ian Dury, smokes like a chimney and grew up preferring Fela Kuti to S Club 7. And as for Jessie J's old haunt, 'It's all right … for school!'Upstairs at the grimy Corsica Studios in Elephant & Castle, and a few hours before his gig,... more info

Guardian Music — 1937: Number 10 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of jazz musicIn 1937, Nat King Cole and his trio started a residency at the Sewanee Inn, an LA nightclub. Cole was a sprightly pianist who, at this point, had not sung professionally, ... more info

Said the Gramophone — Ryan Driver - "It's Tulip Season". Ryan Driver cannot quite sing like Chet Baker, but he can listen to Chet Baker. He can study 16mm film and practice Chet Baker's walk, learn the way he shook hands, the way... more info

Guardian Music — Vortex Jazz Club, LondonThe Vortex Jazz Club has begun a programme of collaborations between authors and jazz musicians called WordPlay. It could hardly have picked a more apposite guest for the scheme's debut, since novelist and columnist Geoff Dye... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Levin said... Hofi Géza - Gondolj apádra - Zenés összeállítás (2005) Kis Rákfogó - Füsti Balogh Gábor együttese(1982)FLAC Hofi Géza - Próbálj meg lazítani (1996)FLAC Zorán - 34 dal (2009) Varga János Project - The Wings Of Revelatio... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mihai Vancea said... Girl Talk - All Day (2010) - Review + Free Download All these 12 so called tracks are danceable, carefully crafted, and immensely fun. What Girl Talk does is to find samples and add new emotional spins to them. The production is ... more info

All About Jazz — By Pico I've always had a hard time distinguishing West Coast jazz from East Coast jazz by ear. I mean. I know it's supposed to be a more smoothed-out "cooler" variant of the vigorous, sometimes jarring jazz that comes out of NYC and I know that guy... more info

Guardian Music — Of all the acts at the London Jazz festival, there is no one to compare with the sixtysomething starThe 10-day London Jazz festival opens at London's Barbican on Friday night with Jazz Voice, the vocal extravaganza we have now come to expect on this ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — simon2307 said... Itchy Hearts - Use Me Itchy Hearts - Enrique http://beat-surrender.blogspot.com Mihai Vancea said... Twin Shadow - Forget (2010) Review - This is sexy retro music; it gives you a warm feeling inside. The energy Twin Shadow produces... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Levin said... Roger Miller - King of the Road - EP (1965) Sky - Mozart (1988) Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1986)FLAC Csík zenekar - Be sok eső, be sok sár (2004) R.E.M. - Out of Time (1991)FLAC k. d. lang - Hymns of the 49th Parallel (2004) ... more info