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Django reinhardt's caravan catches fire

4940 days ago
Guardian Music1928: 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

Reinvention of the big band

4940 days ago
Guardian Music1984: 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

Leonardo Dicaprio - Leonardo Dicaprio To Play Quentin Tarantino's Villain?

4948 days ago
ContactMusicLeonardo 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

Leonardo DiCaprio Set For Next Tarantino Flick?

4949 days ago
GigwiseDiCaprio hotly tipped for Django Unchained role... more info

Leonardo Dicaprio - Leonardo Dicaprio For Django Unchained?

4949 days ago
ContactMusicLeonardo 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

Q&A: Lee 'Scratch' Perry

4953 days ago
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

Leo Being Courted For The Villain In Tarantino's Django Unchained!

4955 days ago
Perez HiltonThat'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

F-ire festival – review

4958 days ago
Guardian MusicKings 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

50 great moments in jazz: Steve Coleman reinvents jazz rhythm

4976 days ago
Guardian MusicIn 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

Will Smith - Will Smith For Tarantino's Django Unchained?

4979 days ago
ContactMusicWill 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

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