All About Jazz — Even though Ella Fitzgerald insisted that Connee Boswell was her first and perhaps greatest influence, Connee hasn't been given her due. Perhaps because there hasn't been a proper reissue of her solo recordings (as opposed to the well-deserved attent... more info

Guardian Music — She mixes African folk, hip hop, electro-pop, swing and Blue Note jazz but has also been picked up by Starbucks. Paul Morley investigates the contradictions of CéuA few hours before she is due to sing at the Hackney Empire in east London as part of ... more info

Guardian Music — Versatile Brazilian musician and composerPaulo Moura, who has died of cancer aged 77, was one of Brazil's best-loved instrumentalists. A Grammy award-winning clarinettist, saxophonist and composer, he blurred the lines between classical and popular m... more info

Totally Fuzzy — 0noise said... Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55 (2006) Beck - Golden Feelings (1993) Four Tet - Dialogue (1999) Dirty Projectors - The Graceful Fallen Mango (2002) Midlake - Bamnan and Slivercork (2004) Portishead - Dummy (1994) Wolf Parade - Wolf Parade ... more info

All About Jazz — The Festival International de Jazz de MontrA(C)al honored gifted musicans. 2010 Ella Fitzgerald Award: The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer are the 12th recipients of the Ella Fitzgerald Award, established in 1999 for our 20th anniversary... more info

Guardian Music — With songs about female poverty, teenage pregnancy – and now motherhood – the American singer-songwriter is an unlikely pop sensationOn a bench in Holland Park, London, the sun hot on our shoulders, singer Natalie Merchant and I are watching a p... more info

All About Jazz — SoulandJazz.com Presents: Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz Episode 13: "Sultry Sirens" Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, "The Jazz Evangelist" As always, the show is free, absolutely legal, fun for the whole family, and available for listeni... more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonIn his on-stage banter, the Chicago singer Kurt Elling can sound as if he's swallowed an instruction manual on the kind of cheery badinage the Fast Show's jazz critic would have relished. But the affectations only accentuate the... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ice said... 1. - Adagio Karajan - Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker - 1989 ADAGIO Karajan Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan Total Playing Time: 78min, 49sec Year: 1989 2. - Adagio Karajan 2 - Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Phi... more info

Guardian Music — Jazz trombonist with Count Basie's orchestra and music educatorUniversally admired as both performer and educator, the trombonist Benny Powell, who has died aged 80 following surgery, was best known for his lengthy engagement with the prestigious Cou... more info