New York Times — Mr. Asmussen, among the first to carve a place for the violin in the jazz catalog, played with, among other musicians, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and David Grisman. more info

New York Times — Mr. Greco, who started with Benny Goodman, came into his own as a Las Vegas lounge singer with a propulsive, swinging style. more info

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L.A. Times - News — A new clip from Marvel’s upcoming adventure series “Agent Carter” offers a glimpse of Iron Man’s father Howard Stark, the original butler Jarvis and, of course, Hayley Atwell as the titular heroine Peggy Carter. If you ever thought what was... more info

The Telegraph — '100 Years of Big Band Jazz in 99 Minutes' has music of Benny Goodman and Robbie Williams more info

The Telegraph — '100 Years of Big Band Jazz in 99 Minutes' will feature the music of Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Robbie Williams, as Pete Long Big Band perform special Cadogan Hall concert more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — There are few instruments in jazz that seem so tied to a single period like the clarinet. The instrument of Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and New Orleans hot jazz, the horn is a relative outlier these days with practitioners such as Anat Cohen, Ken Peplo... more info

Guardian Music — American jazz pianist and composer who annoyed the purists by finding global fameWhen the end of the 20th century came, some aspects of jazz began to be given the status of a classical form. In the reassessments that followed, the work of the America... more info

Guardian Music — American jazz trombonist and big-band sideman who played with Stan Kenton and Benny GoodmanThe American jazz trombonist Eddie Bert has died aged 90. A big-band sideman, Broadway show musician and studio player, Bert also excelled as a small-group jaz... more info

Guardian Music — With a revival in cumbia music spreading, now is the perfect time for a supergroup of Colombian musicians to bring their infectious, rump-rotating sound to the UKIt's 1am in a squat in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and Pedro "Ramaya" Beltrán, a... more info