Guardian Music — 1928: Number 6 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of jazz musicIn 1928, at 18, Belgian gypsy musician Django Reinhardt lost the use of the third and fourth fingers of his left hand in a caravan fire, forcing him to abandon both the vio... 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

ContactMusic — Leonardo Dicaprio is in talks to play the villain in Quentin Tarantino's western Django Unchained, according to reports. The movie star is slated to play Calvin Candie, an evil Mississippi ranch owner and sex club boss who has kidnapped the leading m... more info

Gigwise — DiCaprio hotly tipped for Django Unchained role... more info

ContactMusic — Leonardo DiCaprio is in negotiations to join Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'. The 'Inception' star has entered talks to star as evil ranch owner Calvin Candie in the spaghetti western-style film, while Will Smith is now thought to have dropped... more info

Guardian Music — 'The last time I had a spliff it knocked me out for a day, a night and another day'Lee "Scratch" Perry, 75, was born in Jamaica. In 1968 he formed a label, Upsetter Records, to record his own music; his first single was People Funny Boy. In 1969, he ... more info

Perez Hilton — That's right! Just when Tarantino's next movie couldn't sound better, we now hear that Quentin is looking to Leonardo DiCaprio to bring the villain Calvin Candie to life! Tarantino actually wanted Leo for a role in his last movie, the role of Hans th... more info

Guardian Music — Kings Place, LondonThe closing concert of the F-ire collective's annual Rhythmic Frontiers festival was given by Django Bates's trio. And, even if Bates was operating in his most jazz-specific mode by reworking Charlie Parker's 60-year-old music, and... more info

Guardian Music — In the penultimate blog of this series on jazz landmarks, we turn again to a contentious figure of the sceneI must be getting sentimental about the impending finale of this series on jazz landmarks. The mostly constructive comments of readers over th... more info

ContactMusic — Will Smith is being pursued by Quentin Tarantino for a role in 'Django Unchained'. The 'Men in Black' actor has been offered the role informally by the director, who is said to have written a role with him in mind. The movie tells the tale... more info