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

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

Guardian Music — Midnight is an hour owned by rock'n'roll. It's a time of Moanin', Moving and Trains to Georgia. It's a time when love comes tumbling downI have my friends Sally and Tom to thank for reminding me of the Adrian Henri poem In the Midnight Hour. Until th... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Chocolate Industries / 2000Off the heels of releasing the Haze EP, While has resurfaced from the underbelly of the nations capital with his first album entitled 'Even'. This album contains 10 tracks of lush digital paranoia in the light of Coil with ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jaga Jazzist at Oya 2009 (photo by Jan Erik Svendesen) Plenty of your hipper bands might vary their influences list with acts like Tortoise, Charles Mingus, and the Neptunes just to prove they are cool. With the risky, sprawling, and... more info

Guardian Music — 1959: Number 28 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance music1959 saw the release of several key jazz albums, each of which found new ways of developing and challenging the innovations of bebop. Dave Brubeck's Time Out transformed ... more info

Guardian Music — 1963: Number 31 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicArizona-born Mingus was one of jazz's greatest composers, a double-bass virtuoso, a challenger of racism inside and outside the white-run music business of his time, and ... more info

Guardian Music — 1984: Number 41 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicWhether inspired by Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Charles Mingus or Carla Bley, most big-band jazz still sounded American by the 1980s. But in 1984 came London's Loose Tubes... more info

Mjsbigblog — Casey Abrams – “Your Song” by Elton John – (Top 11 Redux)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnfEfW8x78gCasey Abrams & Haley Reinhart – – “Moanin” by Charles Mingus (Top 8 Results)  Haley Reinhart – “I Who Have Nothing” – (Top ... more info

Guardian Music — The lead singer of Hot Chip and About Group talks about his current favourite spinsI Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton I love this as much for the song as for the beautiful, fluid guitar lines that open it. A wonderful record.Follow Me by Aly-Us ... more info