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New band of the day: Naytronix (No 1,363)

4466 days ago
Guardian MusicMerrill Garbus's Tune-Yards bandmate Nate Brenner has struck out on his own with a record about a post-apocalyptic future world. Don't be put off: it's really rather goodReading this on a mobile? Click here to listenHometown: Oakland, California.The ... more info

Abyssinian Mass – review

4543 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonThe stars of this show, part of the Barbican's season of collaborations with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, were the 60-odd singers of the Abyssinian Mass choir. And what a joyful noise they made, as soloists and en masse, givi... more info

Old music: The Graham Collier Sextet – Lullaby for a Lonely Child

4572 days ago
Guardian MusicYou don't need to turn to rock to get a feel for London at the end of the 60s. Try some British jazz instead …What was the sound of Britain in 1969? The Beatles were going back to basics with Get Back; the Stones had rediscovered their mojo somewhe... more info

Abram Wilson

4577 days ago
Guardian MusicNew Orleans jazz trumpeter and composer who became a pillar of the London music sceneLike his New Orleans compatriot Wynton Marsalis, the jazz trumpeter Abram Wilson, who has died of colon cancer aged 38, was an exponent of quicksilver technique, blu... more info

BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix: Nicolas Jaar, 19/5-2012

4602 days ago
Discobelle.netWeekend soundtrack courtesy of NYC producer extraordinaire Nicolas Jaar and his magical contribution to the BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix series where we get an eclectic mix filled with everything from his collaboration with Maceo Plex to Italian film sc... more info

Teddy Charles

4621 days ago
Guardian MusicVirtuoso vibraphonist, composer and skipper in the CaribbeanTeddy Charles, who has died aged 84, was a virtuoso vibraphonist and a boldly experimental composer. In the 1960s, he temporarily gave up jazz to live on Martinique, where he became one of t... more info

John Fordham's month in jazz

4625 days ago
Guardian MusicIn this first of a series of monthly columns, John Fordham picks out his musical milestones from the past few weeks. Tell us in the comments section below if there's things we've missed, plus what you'd like to see John covering in next month's colum... more info

Buy the Guardian ebook, Jazz: From New Orleans to the new generation

4725 days ago
Guardian MusicRead a collection of the finest writing on jazz from Guardian and Observer critics, including Kingsley Amis and Benny GreenFrom early appearances in London in 1917, to boogie woogie, bebop and beyond, the Guardian and Observer have been writing about... more info

Sonny Rollins: On Impulse!/There Will Never Be Another You – review Charles Mingus: The Black Saint and the Lady Sinner/Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus – review

4821 days ago
Guardian Music(Impulse/Universal)It's the 50th birthday of Impulse Records, one of the most famous of all jazz labels – and famously home to John Coltrane for six years. The upcoming London Jazz festival celebrates with a concert on 12 November featuring pianist... more info

Haley Reinhart “God Bless The Child” With Irvin Mayfield in New Orleans

4844 days ago
Mjsbigblog The limitations of American Idol are so apparent watching Season 10 alum, Haley Reinhart perform "God Bless The Child" with Jazz musician and professor, Irvin Mayfield. Haley and Casey's Idol duet of the Charles Mingus tune "Moanin" only hints at wh... more info

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