All About Jazz — Ronnie Ray Padilla assembles an all star cast of jazz players, including members of Tower of Power Megawave and MVD Audio are proud to announce the CD release of Raydience - S/T on January 26, 2010. You know you have something special when current... more info

All About Jazz — The Jazz Piano Trio has long been the preferred format for many of our greatest pianists...first established by the likes of Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Wynton Kelly, Red Garland, Bill Evans and continued to... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about reaching maturity. This time we want you to suggest songs about unthinking over-indulgenceThis week's A-list focused on the darker side of coming of age. For a while, I considered balancing that with a B-list made up almost en... more info

All About Jazz — About the Album Louder Than Words: In the tradition of great saxophone and piano duo albums from the likes of Stan Getz and Kenny Barron, Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, and Joe Lovano and Hank Jones, Louder Than Words showcases the undeniable mu... more info

MTV.com News — 'He's better than he's ever been,' Russell Simmons says at Plaza Hotel party.By Shaheem Reid Tyrese Gibson, Sean "Diddy" Combs and Rapper Baby Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images NEW YORK — Still fly, still relevant, still making multiple... more info

All About Jazz — You don't have to go back too far to find the musical inspiration in Zeke Martin's past. His father, Stu Martin, accompanied some of jazz's great talents, including Herbie Hancock, Charlies Mingus, Quincy Jones, and John McLaughlin. But the Brussels-... more info

Guardian Music — As new BBC4 documentary Synth Britannia shows, the synthesizer first dehumanised then re-humanised British pop, fulfilled the DIY promise of punk, and changed how bands looked foreverThe synth-pop era really kicked off in June 1979, when Tubeway Army... more info

Guardian Music — From its humble origins as a glorified tape recorder to its current prominence in hip-hop production, this box of delights has transformed the language of popWhat is it? A sampler, in ultra-simplistic terms, is basically a glorified tape recorder. Us... more info

All About Jazz — This just in: The Nu-Art Series will present trumpeter Eddie Henderson (pictured) in a performance on Saturday, October 17 at Luna Bar, 13 Maryland Plaza in the Central West End.Henderson, a licensed psychiatrist as well as a musician, is known for h... more info

Live Daily — For New Orleans native and Grammy Award winner Branford Marsalis [ tickets ], becoming a jazz musician was almost a foregone conclusion. Alongside siblings Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason, his musical education began early by way of his pianist/teacher fa... more info