Guardian Music — Mostly Jazz Festival Afterparties, BirminghamIt's a big day for music lovers in Birmingham. In Digbeth, The Rainbow team hold the summer edition of their street parties today, with DJs Erol Alkan, Fake Blood, Breakage, Jakwob, Tomb Crew, Riva Starr, ... more info

USA Today Music — Frederic Chopin, who turns 200, would be sitting in on keyboards, with new centenarians Howlin' Wolf on vocals, Django Reinhardt on guitar, Artie ... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonRichard Thompson had been, in the words of a friend working on the Meltdown team, "like a kid in a candy store all day" about this gig.No wonder. Including the festival curator, there were half a dozen guitar gods up on st... more info

All About Jazz — Wednesday, 23th June Opening concert Centro Cultural Caixanova. Theatre and Concert Hall Martial Solal Newdecaband Martial Solal (Algeria, 1927) is one of the living legends of piano. Not many people worldwide can match his mastery in the use of t... more info

Totally Fuzzy — simon2307 said... The Avery Set from the album “Returning to Steam” Blown Away (mp3) http://beat-surrender.blogspot.com -nits- said... stephen simmonds-spirit tales a jamaican and swedish singer and songwriter raised in sweden, stephen simmonds... more info

All About Jazz — 20 years after their triumph at the Festival international de Jazz de Montreal with Stphane Grappelli, The Rosenberg Trio are finally back in Canada in the same swinging spirit, as this time it's going to be a Django Reinhardt celebration. First st... more info

Guardian Music — The parents of my friend Josie Miller, who has died aged 94, first met in Stratford, Essex, in the 1890s. Three black circus workers, tired of sleeping under canvas in midwinter, knocked at Rosie Millist's door in search of rooms. Rosie had never met... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Sir Charlie Palmer said... Unearthed – The Undertakers (featuring Jackie Lomax) Z – Morning Jacket http://sircharliepalmer.blogspot.com Amd said... ANSWER RECORDS VOL. 6 Roy Drusky – By The Time I Get To Phoenix (1968) Wanda Ja... more info

All About Jazz — Saturday, May 8th, Show 8:00 PM The Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 Tickets: $18.50 Adv./$19.50 Door (510) 644-2020 2010 is the Django Reinhardt centennial year and The George Cole Quintet is coming to the East Bay to c... more info

Guardian Music — Jazz and folk guitarist with a parallel career as a cartoonistThe revival of traditional jazz in the 1950s prompted any number of amateur musicians to play for fun, the purists among them inspired by deep commitment to the New Orleans cause. A select... more info