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New band of the day – No 924: Giant Steps

4912 days ago
Guardian MusicThis blue-eyed indie trio are a band out of their time, channelling soul-inflected sounds from the Jam to Stevie WonderHometown: Reading.The lineup: James Girdler (guitar, vocals), Daniel Stargatt (bass), Daniel Webb (drums).The background: There hav... more info

Audio advent calendar: Bibio's playlist

4914 days ago
Guardian Music5 December: From Thin Lizzy to Bulgarian choirs, take a musical trip with Warp's BibioWarp artist Bibio continues our 24 plays of Christmas theme with another Spotify playlist. Here's what he had to say ... I favour vinyl over playlists when at home,... more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Various Artists - Cti: The Cool Revolution (Sony, 2010)

4917 days ago
All About JazzAfter helping to form the Verve and Impulse! labels, jazz producer Creed Taylor struck out on his own, lending his initials to his new label, and signing some of the most commercially viable jazz talent of the day. This four disc retrospective mostly... more info

RADIO/PODCAST: The Billy Strayhorn Songbook

4920 days ago
All About JazzNight Lights celebrates the 95th anniversary of Billy Strayhorn's birth with "The Billy Strayhorn Songbook," a program featuring interpretations of Strayhorn's music by the Duke Ellington orchestra, Ellingtonians such as Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, and... more info

50 great moments in jazz: Peter Brötzmann's Machine Gun

4927 days ago
Guardian MusicA trailblazing piece of free jazz that arrived in the revolutionary year of 1968 – and later found a fan in Bill ClintonAs this year's London Jazz festival drew to an end yesterday (21 November), my thoughts turned to how vehemently the event's div... more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme': The Greatest Jazz Album Ever

4935 days ago
All About JazzThis is the first of an ongoing series where I'll look back at a jazz classic, arguing for its place as the greatest jazz album ever. It's one part love letter to pieces of music that are hardwired into jazz's DNA, one part go-to list for music fans ... more info

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Roy Haynes - Live at Sfjazz

4939 days ago
All About JazzOne can only bow to the master. Drummer Roy Haynes has played with a who's who of jazz greats over the course of his long career: Lester Young, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, J... more info

monday noon updates

4948 days ago
Totally FuzzyTongue said... ALIEN SEX FIEND - The Singles 1983-1995 THE MUMMIES - Death By Unga Bunga!! THE GHASTLY ONES - Unearthed SHADOW PROJECT - Shadow Project THE TRASHWOMEN - The Trashwomen vs Deep Space undeadfuzz http://youngmosstongue.blogspot.com Levi... more info

Finn Peters: Music of the Mind | CD review

4951 days ago
Guardian Music(Mantella Records)British flautist and saxophonist Finn Peters is no purist jazzer, despite possessing a tenor sound that spans the worlds of John Coltrane and the soul-jazz horn players. He's worked with Dizzee Rascal and Matthew Herbert and the c... more info

News Roundup:10/20/2010

4960 days ago
Allmusic BlogAvant-garde jazz saxophonist Marion Brown died last week at an assisted living facility in Florida. An adventurous and exploratory musician, Brown was best known for appearing on saxophonist John Coltrane’s 1965 album Ascension. Due to illness, Bro... more info

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