All About Jazz — Benny Powell, a trombonist who performed or recorded with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Screamin' Jay Hawkins but who was best known for his long tenure with Count Basie's big band, died on June 26 in New York. He was 80. He died in a Manhattan hos... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — If Gallagher is serious about making a film about Oasis, here are some pitfalls he would do well to avoid.Despite explicitly telling Xan Brooks a month ago that he wouldn't follow up his Beatles film with any movies about "unkempt eyebrows", it looks... 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

ContactMusic — Corey Allen, best known for his role as Buzz in the James Dean starrer Rebel Without a Cause , but who appeared in numerous movies and TV series in the 1950s and '60s... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about the bossanova backbeat, this week we're stalking robbers, moustache-twiddlers and the truly evilI think Pairubu had it right. The South American topic was limiting and we did end up heading down a road where the signposts larg... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Oasis' complete singles collection 'Time Flies... 1994-2009' entered the UK album chart at number 1 on Sunday, selling four times as many as the second best selling album of the week.It is the band's eighth number one album (the fifth of the past ten... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Oasis have scored the UK album chart's 900th number one this week with their Time Flies... singles collection LP. The first being "Songs For Swingin' Lovers" by Frank Sinatra in 1956.Oasis who split up last year, were given their eighth album triumph... more info

ContactMusic — MARILYN MONROE, SAMMY DAVIS JR. and FRANK SINATRA have hit the headlines from beyond the grave - newly released FBI records allege the trio enjoyed "wild sex parties"... more info

ContactMusic — ROBERT DE NIRO has dismissed speculation he's set to reteam with AL PACINO for MARTIN SCORSESE's upcoming FRANK SINATRA biopic.Scorsese is preparing to bring Ol' Blue... more info

Guardian Music — Experimental US novelist who avoided literary safety netsDavid Markson, who has died aged 82, was one of the most original of US novelists. Kurt Vonnegut and Zadie Smith have written with saucer-eyed admiration of his fiction, while his Wittgenstein'... more info